Roberta Flack

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

My hope is that out of all the anger and seeming hostility that we hear in some of today's music will come some sort of coalition that will become politically involved.

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.

I was good at being a doctor; my patients liked me. At times people trust you with things they wouldn't tell their spouses. It was a real privilege.

For my diet, I choose mostly organic. But in general, I am a big believer in trying to strike a balance with everything.

In big science, the role of the individual scientist must be carefully preserved. So is the one of original ideas and of contributions.