I am not a civil rights leader, and I don't profess to be one.

I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.

I'm a child of the Civil Rights Movement.

The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.

I support the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.

We need to guarantee equal rights and civil rights and say that, here in America, workers have the right to organize - women have the right to choose - and justice belongs to everyone regardless of race or gender or sexual orientation.