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.

I haven't got time for the pain.

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

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 know, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997 I realized I had spent too long arranging my attitude.

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.

You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it.