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

Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other times I would start from scratch. Or sometimes I would take a local poem and put that to music...I always sang standards because the songs I wrote for myself weren't as easy to sing.

I always think it's interesting to dig a little bit deeper every time you go to someplace that seems like a revelation or a strong connection to an emotional truth.

My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything.

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.

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

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