The models for me were more the folk-rock singers of the '60s and '70s.

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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 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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.

I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.

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...