Being in this business for as long as I've been in it, it's sort of like living in a town or a city before the war and then after the war and then during the reconstruction and then during the time that it sprawls out to the malls.

Everyone has problems, and learning to share them is essential. Hiding pain requires an enormous amount of energy; sharing it is liberating.

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

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

I think that I've got some pretty bad reviews on albums or songs that later proved themselves.

The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind.

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