No one should have to conform to some mythical concept of the ideal family.

The artist as citizen is here to stay.

I was a personality before I became a person.

I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That's what's fun about recording with an orchestra.

If a man wants to get it right, he's looked up to and respected. If a woman wants to get it right, she's difficult or impossible. If he acts, produces and directs, he's called multitalented. If she does the same thing, she's called vain and egotistical.

Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man's world.

I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.