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

I've gone through the village of my songwriting and my artistry, and I've gone through lots of different phases, including one where it has been very quiet and abandoned me for a few years.

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

My look was even more solidified when I started singing in Greenwich Village with my sister Lucy. We wore matching dresses as the Simon Sisters.

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

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