So I suppose this slightly mature fashion sense happened because of what I had.

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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 was always nervous about being onstage.

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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 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.

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...

I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.

I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

Do you know how many concerts I've done in my whole life, in more than...

Do you know how many concerts I've done in my whole life, in more than...