Well, I make every song I sing personal. I've never chosen a song that wasn't.

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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...

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.

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...

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...

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 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...

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 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.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.