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.

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

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.

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.

Though life has to be lived forward, it can only be understood backwards

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

It's pretty easy to see that... wealth doesn't really equal happiness.

Table your mistakes, learn from them, then move on.

If you could press a button and your ego investment was less, the toothache would be less. Or less tragic at least.

It's in their modest home. You go into their kitchen and serve yourself. It's all homemade. It's authentic Italian.

Was there ever a name more full of purpose than Chicago's? ... spoken as Chicagoans themselves speak it, with a bit of a spit to give heft to its slither, it is gloriously onomatopoetic.

I started Botox the first year it came out. I was the first one in line, and I have had Botox every six months since then.

I work with companies like Audiostiles to put together mixes for my restaurants. I even created a soundtrack for my television show.

I love moving around from town to town. I never got on a train in my life without my spirits rising.