The models for me were more the folk-rock singers of the '60s and '70s.

We need role models who are going to break the mold.

I used the physical scar of my breast cancer operation, the scar that I have across my chest as a metaphor for all kinds of scars.

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.

I've learned that nobody's perfect, and I don't expect myself to be perfect anymore.

The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind.

My look was even more solidified when I started singing in Greenwich Village with my sister Lucy. We wore matching dresses as the Simon Sisters.