I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say.

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Well, I tried to get a record deal in 1966 or '67, and everyone thought...

Well, I tried to get a record deal in 1966 or '67, and everyone thought...

I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs.

I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs.

I think that I've got some pretty bad reviews on albums or songs that later...

I think that I've got some pretty bad reviews on albums or songs that later...

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

You're lucky you had that when you were 20. I sure didn't. I was overweight,...

You're lucky you had that when you were 20. I sure didn't. I was overweight,...

Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other...

Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other...

I've gone through the village of my songwriting and my artistry, and I've gone through...

I've gone through the village of my songwriting and my artistry, and I've gone through...

Sometimes, but the year I lived in France I started to write songs.

Sometimes, but the year I lived in France I started to write songs.

It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face...

It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face...

You know when you take the paint off an old canvas and you discover that...

You know when you take the paint off an old canvas and you discover that...

Then I went through a big Peggy Lee stage, then I became Annie Ross, then...

Then I went through a big Peggy Lee stage, then I became Annie Ross, then...

I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I...

I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I...

You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it.

You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it.

I had this terrible stammer, so I couldn't really speak properly until I was 16...

I had this terrible stammer, so I couldn't really speak properly until I was 16...

I took it to heart that in order to be a good person, you never...

I took it to heart that in order to be a good person, you never...

I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.

I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.

You know, people want to honor me, and on the one hand I just don't...

You know, people want to honor me, and on the one hand I just don't...

I like classy women who actually try to get dressed for class, not wearing uggs...

I like classy women who actually try to get dressed for class, not wearing uggs...

How can women think they're classy when they swear like truck drivers?

How can women think they're classy when they swear like truck drivers?

The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at...

The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at...