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

Worrying too much about other people's ears and not my own, I lost my way.

It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face is more acceptable in a way now than when I first came on the scene, because I'm part black.

So I suppose this slightly mature fashion sense happened because of what I had.

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.

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

We are in this period now where we all are trying to be in shape physically and deny ourselves any pleasure.