I took it to heart that in order to be a good person; you never said anything mean about anybody.

I'm a little old-fashioned - I like it when the man opens the door and I like it when a man pays for me. I particularly like it when they pay for dinner or whatever, because I've pretty much done the opposite, but for the exception of James [Taylor], where we split everything down the middle. I've been the larger money earner in practically all of my relationships. There's equality and there are positive differences, which are complimentary.

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.

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

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

You're so vain. I bet you think this song is about you.

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.