I used the physical scar of my breast cancer operation, the scar that I have across my chest as a metaphor for all kinds of scars.

We are in this period now where we all are trying to be in shape physically and deny ourselves any pleasure.

Don't mind if I fall apart. There's more room in a broken heart.

The models for me were more the folk-rock singers of the '60s and '70s.

All men are created equal and all women are created equal as well, but [equality] seems much clearer when it comes to race issues. In the realms of man/woman, man/man, woman/woman love, it seems all up for grabs now. We are exploring so much, but I think we gotta go for the fight for all equality first.

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

I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say.