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

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

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

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

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

I've gone through the village of my songwriting and my artistry, and I've gone through lots of different phases, including one where it has been very quiet and abandoned me for a few years.

He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, ... And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not only does the punishment not fit the crime, but the mandatory minimums don't give judges any discretion to look at the background of the case, to read into the specifics of the case. I don't know a judge who really is in favor of the mandatory minimums.