"I didn't know how well my first album had done; it was enough to get me to do the second album, whic..." — Roberta Flack

Our criteria for deciding what's good and what's bad is very fickle, especially in this country.

I have been on diets that were supervised by doctors, that were carefully supervised where I lost weight.

I've been overweight all my life.

Once you're successful with a certain kind of music, it's hard not to have faith in it as a means to stay successful.