We went to see all the shows. American musical theater and jazz were very big.

Life is a dream even in its most painful moments, it's a dream that we can dance to.

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.

Being in this business for as long as I've been in it, it's sort of like living in a town or a city before the war and then after the war and then during the reconstruction and then during the time that it sprawls out to the malls.

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.

I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.

The models for me were more the folk-rock singers of the '60s and '70s.