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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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...

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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'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,...

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.

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...

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...

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 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.

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 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...

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...