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'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'm very shy in a crowd.

I'm very shy in a crowd.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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'll perform all the way to the grave.

I'll perform all the way to the grave.

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...

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

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

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 spontaneous.

I'm very spontaneous.

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...

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...

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...

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.

I have to go 150 percent or nothing at all.

I have to go 150 percent or nothing at all.