I'm the gun guy, a loud guitar Dirty Harry with a ponytail.
At 62, I remain clean and sober and my ponytail remains erect.
You don't write a book to show off.
All of the directors I've worked with I've gotten along with very well.
Teachers are performers, just like I am.
To do it nationally or internationally, you have to follow a few more rules.
We didn't really swallow much of the Jesus thing, but we got the vocab.
I can't believe that person on the television is really me.
My friends call me Keith, but you can call me John.
I'm not temperamentally into high comedy. I'm not a Noel Coward kind of girl.
Go where you're celebrated, not tolerated. I'm celebrated in Detroit.
So I cut out all the drinkin' and hangin' out and stuff like that early on.
In the blues, it just takes so long for us to get recognized.
When I got to Chicago I had to find my way.
We don't have a lot of neighbors so we can blast the stereo.
Womanhood is something you don't consider until it hits you.
I was born in a little place called Inverness, MS.
I was never into the Bluegrass, Bill Monroe and stuff like that.
I like that kind of 'straight-faced' comedy. I like to be straight-faced and outrageous.
If you wake up today, it's on purpose, it's a gift.
I'm a different athlete, I'm a different person.
