Do you know how many concerts I've done in my whole life, in more than 35 years of performing? Sixty-four.

I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I didn't have fear that it brought on an anxiety attack.

So many artists who came out during that time, including myself, were able to get on radio. New forms of singer-songwriters developed out of that.

All men are created equal and all women are created equal as well, but [equality] seems much clearer when it comes to race issues. In the realms of man/woman, man/man, woman/woman love, it seems all up for grabs now. We are exploring so much, but I think we gotta go for the fight for all equality first.

I've always thought of myself as being a warrior. When you actually have a battle, it's better than when you don't know who to fight.

You don't have to prove to me you're beautiful to strangers, I've got loving eyes of my own.

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.