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

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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...

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...

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...

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...

One of the things that has always motivated me to write is the desire to...

One of the things that has always motivated me to write is the desire to...

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

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

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'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 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...

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.

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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.