It's up to the audience. It always has been.

Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously.

I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached their hearts. And when I do, the thrill is mine.

The majority of my audience has always been women.

The audience has always been my best director.

It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can they grasp the meaning of the song.