Sometimes, but the year I lived in France I started to write songs.

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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...

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 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 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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.

I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.

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,...

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

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

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

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...