We are in this period now where we all are trying to be in shape physically and deny ourselves any pleasure.

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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...

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.

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...

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...

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 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...

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 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...

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 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 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.

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...

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

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

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...

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 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...

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

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

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...