I can't do some of the songs that younger girls like Mary J. Blige and Beyonce are doing. They have their own place and I have my own place.

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I keep showing decade after decade that I am a real performer.

I keep showing decade after decade that I am a real performer.

So if anybody wants to get me something, get me 60 crabs - one for...

So if anybody wants to get me something, get me 60 crabs - one for...

You've got to know business before you go to show business.

You've got to know business before you go to show business.

People with no humor, they're outta my life.

People with no humor, they're outta my life.

I have to go 150 percent or nothing at all.

I have to go 150 percent or nothing at all.

All I can tell you really is if you get to the point where someone...

All I can tell you really is if you get to the point where someone...

So if diva means giving your best, then yes, I guess I am a diva.

So if diva means giving your best, then yes, I guess I am a diva.

A diva is someone who is a perfectionist, who does her best in her craft.

A diva is someone who is a perfectionist, who does her best in her craft.

I was a shy kid with a broom handle that I pretended was a microphone.

I was a shy kid with a broom handle that I pretended was a microphone.

I've had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I've...

I've had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I've...

Women are dominating the charts, and women are doing it for themselves. We're kicking butt...

Women are dominating the charts, and women are doing it for themselves. We're kicking butt...

You don't have to be an angel, just be someone who can give.

You don't have to be an angel, just be someone who can give.

When I look into the crowd, I see young and old, black and white -...

When I look into the crowd, I see young and old, black and white -...

I'm very shy in a crowd.

I'm very shy in a crowd.

I'm very spontaneous.

I'm very spontaneous.

I'm 60, and I did 60-year-old women songs. I'm not trying to be the Hip-Hop...

I'm 60, and I did 60-year-old women songs. I'm not trying to be the Hip-Hop...

I just sing the stuff that makes me smile, makes me feel like I didn't...

I just sing the stuff that makes me smile, makes me feel like I didn't...

I love Canadians because I don't see very much racism in Canada.

I love Canadians because I don't see very much racism in Canada.

I never thought I would be singing for the world.

I never thought I would be singing for the world.

I don't feel as though I have to prove anything to anybody.

I don't feel as though I have to prove anything to anybody.