You know when you take the paint off an old canvas and you discover that something's been painted underneath it? That's what I feel like - that part of the old is coming through the new.

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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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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 had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.

I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...