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

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

Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other times I would start from scratch. Or sometimes I would take a local poem and put that to music...I always sang standards because the songs I wrote for myself weren't as easy to sing.

There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy - I used to look at her pictures and try to dress like her.

I always think it's interesting to dig a little bit deeper every time you go to someplace that seems like a revelation or a strong connection to an emotional truth.

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

You say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds, but soon you'll cage me on your shelf. I'll never learn to be just me, first by myself.