I always think it's interesting to dig a little bit deeper every time you go to someplace that seems like a revelation or a strong connection to an emotional truth.

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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...

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.

We went to see all the shows. American musical theater and jazz were very big.

We went to see all the shows. American musical theater and jazz were very big.

I just want to show off my scar proudly and not be afraid of it.

I just want to show off my scar proudly and not be afraid of it.

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,...

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'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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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 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...