It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face is more acceptable in a way now than when I first came on the scene, because I'm part black.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.