I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer.

I am the last of the Mohicans, the creme de la creme of cabaret.

I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.

I am a mother and I know the feeling of having a baby come out of my gut.

I was an illegitimate, well, I still am an illegitimate child.

I never identified with anybody. I have always been very sensitive about my color, because everybody called me 'yellow gal.' I was caught in between both sides - nobody wanted me. I love that my audience is there, but I always feel as though I have to fend for myself.