A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.

I just want to show off my scar proudly and not be afraid of it.

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

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

I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.

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.

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.