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.

I had this terrible stammer, so I couldn't really speak properly until I was 16 or 17.

I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee.

But I'm lost when it comes to you.

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 had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.

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