I always sang standards because the songs I wrote for myself weren't as easy to sing.

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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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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.

I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.

I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.

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.

My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about...

My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about...

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 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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

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 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...