Chaka Khan: I’m kind of an alpha chick

American funk and soul singer Chaka Khan has a new album 'Hello Happiness' which "has put a new spark in my career”, as she tells the Guardian ("vital calling card to remind everyone to come hear this unearthly voice, still sizzling with spice" the say in review). There she talks about addiction - "All through the 80s, I knew when to abstain. I really did. I had lines of demarcation in my life, and I practised them", Prince - “I never, ever got any indication that he was on pills. He starved himself – he wouldn’t eat unless it was this or that; he was very particular... Secrets kill", her granddaughter who wants to be a doctor - “I love it – she’s not interested in my fucking shit".