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.

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

You know, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997 I realized I had spent too long arranging my attitude.

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

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

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.

We went to see all the shows. American musical theater and jazz were very big.