I loved Judy Garland growing up, and I also loved Ella Fitzgerald.

It's nice to be with a male energy as opposed to a female energy. It's very different.

I remember getting notified that I won an award, and I gloated up a storm to my mother, and I was so obnoxious about it, but I said to her, 'Momma, I'm going to enjoy every moment of this because tomorrow, something bad is going to happen.'

Dogfight' holds a special place in my heart, and I try to sing the songs whenever I can.

God never gives us more than we can handle. Everything that comes our way is coming our way so that we can grow and evolve.

An inevitable question asked of a performer who has made a modest success of his career is, 'How has success changed you?' It's a loaded question because it automatically assumes that there has been a change. And, in a sense, the assumption is a correct one. Basically, however, most people remain pretty much the same.

I tell myself that I created the wardrobe of the contemporary woman, that I participated in the transformation of my times.

If you don't like something, change it. My parents expected me to stay in my office job as an administrator at the Co-op because I'm disabled, but I said no and changed my whole life.