Do you know how many concerts I've done in my whole life, in more than 35 years of performing? Sixty-four.

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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.

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...

As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually...

As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually...

I always think it's interesting to dig a little bit deeper every time you go...

I always think it's interesting to dig a little bit deeper every time you go...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy - I used to look at her pictures...

There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy - I used to look at her pictures...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.

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...