But when we listened to the radio, it was Bill Haley and the Comets or the Everly Brothers.

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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...

A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her...

A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her...

Being in this business for as long as I've been in it, it's sort of...

Being in this business for as long as I've been in it, it's sort of...

I think that most people really know if it's a really great album.

I think that most people really know if it's a really great album.

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 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...

The models for me were more the folk-rock singers of the '60s and '70s.

The models for me were more the folk-rock singers of the '60s and '70s.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

No, because I've never really changed my style that much.

No, because I've never really changed my style that much.

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...

So I suppose this slightly mature fashion sense happened because of what I had.

So I suppose this slightly mature fashion sense happened because of what I had.

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...

Do you know how many concerts I've done in my whole life, in more than...

Do you know how many concerts I've done in my whole life, in more than...

Well, I make every song I sing personal. I've never chosen a song that wasn't.

Well, I make every song I sing personal. I've never chosen a song that wasn't.

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.

My look was even more solidified when I started singing in Greenwich Village with my...

My look was even more solidified when I started singing in Greenwich Village with my...