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

I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say.

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

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

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

You don't have to prove to me you're beautiful to strangers, I've got loving eyes of my own.

One of the things that has always motivated me to write is the desire to get it out and look at it in an objective way, so that it doesn't cause me any serious pain by staying inside.