I'm just one of the lucky people. I have no other reason for my longevity.

When you do interviews, you have to talk about yourself - and I like to find out about other people. I am so familiar with everything that I do. Ive said it over and over again. I think it is boring.

And fortunately, I haven't had any problem with my voice. I've been able to sing at a level of consistency that the people are expecting.

I really, really enjoy music and that's why I do what I do.

Her desire for fame is like her hair. It keeps getting bigger. [on Diana Ross

My favorite singer to this day is Nat King Cole. I've tried to emulate his phrasing. It is so absolutely beautiful to listen to his lovely voice.

I don't feel old, except in the morning once in a while, when I can't turn over properly and say, "What's that? When did that happen?" Our brain doesn't accept that. We're geared to last.

But I am very grateful for my success, and with success, of course, comes a whole lot of celebrity.

Let's love, press your lips to mine. Let's kiss, for that thrill divine.

In other words, the celebrity gets out of hand, and if youre not careful, you will forget what you are about - and that is you are about making music that people want to hear.

I think there are a lot of people who really want to be famous, they really do. I don't. It sort of gets in the way of the everyday things that I do.

When sorrow's cup is filled up to the brim, the slightest touch of memory can cause tears to spill again.

I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all.

One advantage of static factory methods is that, unlike constructors, they have names.

Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.

Conscience is a Jewish invention.

There is so much life underneath the water that we dont know about.

The image that the public gets is whatever they perceive it to be. Everybody has an opinion, everybody has their own vision, so I don't know what my public image is. I have no idea.

We all understand that compromise is part of the legislative process, yet at the same time, I would submit that wilderness is not for sale.

The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or to say a new thing in an old way.

Negative information is that which, immediately upon acquiring, causes the recipient to know less than he did before.