Roger Bannister

The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.

Mothers, unless they were very poor, didn't work. Both of my parents had to leave education. My mother had to work in a cotton mill until 18 or 19, when she took some training in domestic science.

I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet and the cello.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

Wherever I went, crowds appeared again, and I started making solo albums for the first time in my career.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.