I really don't care what people say. It's amazing that feminism continues to exist at all, considering how much counter-feminism is out there.

I tried to be just a singer of standards when I was starting out. And there was nothing special enough about my voice to make it that far. So I feel a bit like Rod Stewart. Once you've had that rock career, people will give you that chance where otherwise they might not.

In New York City, when they develop something, they never use the old buildings. It's so wasteful. Why not use what's there?

If we went back to the basics of vegetables, legumes, grains - the things closer to the Earth - it's a lot better for the Earth and for other people. We can feed more people, we can feed the starving people.

Well, when I moved to England I was making a lot of personal adjustments because I was getting married and starting a family, that sort of thing.

I've been able to make a lot of money and live a lifestyle that I never dreamed of. And I've been able to provide for my family.

My charity is in the business of helping firefighters in any way that we can. For instance, after 9/11 we were the second-fastest charity to raise and distribute money to the widows and surviving family members of the 343 firefighters who died that day.

I am truly multi-racial. I never knew my biological father. I've always had less information than I would have liked to have had. All I know from my mother is that I have connections to many different cultures.