I have a tendency toward being a micromanager. Which, the bigger the project you're involved in, the harder that becomes.

I'm not about talking and finger-pointing and complaining; I'm about getting things done.

If you don't like me, life goes on, you know what I mean? But I hope you do like me. Because I think that in addition to being pushy, I'm nice.

It would be thrilling, obviously, to be able to have a woman and an openly LGBT person as the mayor of New York City.

I'm an aggressive woman who gets things done, and that's the way it is, and I've never been embarrassed about the fact that I am pushy.

At the end of the day, somebody someday is going to say something about you. At least you can look back and say you lived the way you wanted to.

I just want people to know you can get through stuff. I hope people can see that in what my life has been and where it is going.

Being an activist is about getting things done. It's not about standing around shaking your fist in anger.

The best thing to know is what you don't know.

We all think people deserve second chances. None of us are perfect.

At times, you need to be forceful to get things that are stuck unstuck.

I Failed My Way To Success.

Illiteracy and stupidity are not quite different statuses

Trust me, you see the dead walking around, you learn not to scream, laugh, or piss yourself pretty quickly.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Take counsel in wine, but resolve afterwards in water.

It is jazz music that called me to be a musician and I have always sang the songs that moved me the most.

I do call myself a feminist. Absolutely!

I do believe that at times God opens some doors and closes others, but our mistake is to confuse an open door for an easy door

I have done a series in the '60s, '70s and '80s.

It is the heart which inspires eloquence.