I always wear the same thing at home. I can't be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about.

I can take any truth; just don't lie to me.

When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am.

Everybody's frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway?

As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.

Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.

I don't read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.