I haven't got time for the pain.

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

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

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

I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs.

I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I didn't have fear that it brought on an anxiety attack.

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