I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I didn't have fear that it brought on an anxiety attack.

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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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

We are in this period now where we all are trying to be in shape...

We are in this period now where we all are trying to be in shape...

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

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...

We need role models who are going to break the mold.

We need role models who are going to break the mold.

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.

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.

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.