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

There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy - I used to look at her pictures and try to dress like her.

Do you know how many concerts I've done in my whole life, in more than 35 years of performing? Sixty-four.

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

As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually out came me.

I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee.

My look was even more solidified when I started singing in Greenwich Village with my sister Lucy. We wore matching dresses as the Simon Sisters.