I'm Not Really A Songwriter - I'm

I'm From A Singing Family, But They're Not Professional Singers, Only Gospel - My Grandfather Was A Minister. I Started To Sing The Music That Was Out Then Because My Mother Used To Play It All The Time. It Was The End Of The '50s, The Beginning Of The '60s. There Was Frankie Lyman And The Teenagers, Etta James... We Used To Sit Outside On The Stoop And Sing. We Even Used To Put Our Radios And Record Players Outside.

My Problem Is That People Have Been Writing Books About Me.a Lot Of Things That People Write About You Are Incorrect, But You Don't Fight About It.

It Takes A Long Time To Get To Be A Diva. I Mean, You Gotta Work At It.

I Even Thought Of Adopting A Child As A Single Mother.

You Can Have A Lot Of New York And Still See What's Going On In The Rest Of The World, I Think - Like In China.