Don't mind if I fall apart. There's more room in a broken heart.

I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.

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

All men are created equal and all women are created equal as well, but [equality] seems much clearer when it comes to race issues. In the realms of man/woman, man/man, woman/woman love, it seems all up for grabs now. We are exploring so much, but I think we gotta go for the fight for all equality first.

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

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

I always sang standards because the songs I wrote for myself weren't as easy to sing.