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

It's like The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat, about the discovery of penicillin. Out of these strange accidents come huge discoveries. A certain purple bleeds into red and all of a sudden you have something unexpected.

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.

A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.

Then I went through a big Peggy Lee stage, then I became Annie Ross, then Judy Collins.

As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually out came me.

I had this terrible stammer, so I couldn't really speak properly until I was 16 or 17.