It's very much like opera singers. They do the same thing. The first thing in the morning and the last thing at night, the thing they think about is their voice and how to take care of it.

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.

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.

The seeker for perfection must discover in his own life the reflection of the inner light.

The Weird Sisters, hand in hand, Posters of the sea and land, Thus do go, about, about, Thrice to thine, thrice to mine, And thrice again to make up nine.Peace, the charm's wound up.

Go on till you come to the end

There are three faithful friends: an old wife an old dog and ready money.

You have all the reason in the world to achieve your grandest dreams. Imagination plus innovation equals realization.

The next time you go shopping, demand more change.

Notes are expensive... spend them wisely

I believe a unique core self is born into every human being; the result of millennia of environment and heredity combined in an unpredictable way that could never happen before or again.

It is the teacher - what the teacher knows and can do - that is the most significant factor in student achievement.

We face a brutal enemy who will kill the innocent for one purpose and that is to gain control of the Middle East and to use the leverage of oil to bring down the West, and to attack us again.