People like Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Marlene Dietrich and Sammy Davis Jr. all walked me down this path of entertainment.

I look at the careers of people I'm standing on the shoulders of. People like Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Sarah Vaughan. These are icons I wanted to emulate, and I feel like they've been holding me up for quite a long time.

It is frustrating to be a Black woman in the entertainment industry.

The music for me is paradise. I think it's where God lives.

I have no desire to look back, I only want to look forward to the things that are still ahead of me.

All my friends and peers keep asking me when I'm going to rest - I just tell them it's another dirty four-letter word!