I was never bored because I always had a book. So I had a doorway into another world or another universe. It was great.

I'm a chameleon. I can change my voice a lot. I always was able to, because in my family's music I was a harmony singer, and harmony singing is really hard.

I can't sing half as well as Claudia Lennear. Hats off to her, but somehow, things happened for me.

Judy Henske, who was the then reigning queen of folk music, said to me at The Troubadour, 'Honey, in this town there are four sexes. Men, women, homosexuals, and girl singers.'

I never wrote anything down. I never kept a diary, never kept a journal. I did write one letter home about touring with the Doors that I used as a reference for the book for some details there, and then I was glad I had that, but that was it.

I only notice the clothes I'm wearing.

Being an entertainer, especially in times like these, is really a public service.