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

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

Undoubtedly, Patsy Cline was a trailblazer and in that respect, all women who are singular in a man's field have a special power.

You say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds, but soon you'll cage me on your shelf. I'll never learn to be just me, first by myself.

I had this terrible stammer, so I couldn't really speak properly until I was 16 or 17.

Worrying too much about other people's ears and not my own, I lost my way.

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.