You know when you take the paint off an old canvas and you discover that something's been painted underneath it? That's what I feel like - that part of the old is coming through the new.

So I suppose this slightly mature fashion sense happened because of what I had.

I've always thought of myself as being a warrior. When you actually have a battle, it's better than when you don't know who to fight.

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

So many artists who came out during that time, including myself, were able to get on radio. New forms of singer-songwriters developed out of that.

You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it.

It's like The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat, about the discovery of penicillin. Out of these strange accidents come huge discoveries. A certain purple bleeds into red and all of a sudden you have something unexpected.