You know, people want to honor me, and on the one hand I just don't want to be a poster child; but on the other, I want to do something classy and great, something where the residuals will go to…

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

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

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 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...

I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.

I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.

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...

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

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

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 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...

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 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...

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

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.

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,...