Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other times I would start from scratch. Or sometimes I would take a local poem and put that to music.

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

My look was even more solidified when I started singing in Greenwich Village with my...

My look was even more solidified when I started singing in Greenwich Village with my...

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.

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...

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...

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...