I think that I've got some pretty bad reviews on albums or songs that later proved themselves.
I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs.
One of the things that has always motivated me to write is the desire to get it out and look at it in an objective way, so that it doesn't cause me any serious pain by staying inside.
I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.
My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything.
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.