I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say.

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

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

The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind.

You know, people want to honor me, and on the one hand I just don't want to be a poster child; but on the other, I want to do something classy and great - something where the residuals will go to the cause.

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

Well, I make every song I sing personal. I've never chosen a song that wasn't.