I got my interest in Lotte Lenya and the Brecht-Weill canon from my parents. And I love classical music - I got that from my parents. I love Cole Porter - that I got from my dad.

If you analyze the bad times you find that it's because you wanted to have a bad time.

When I found out my mother wanted me to marry a rich man, I instantly didn't want any rich man.

I never saw myself as beautiful. I can look back and see it now, but then? Never.

I'm sick of being self-referential. I don't want to do any more songs that can be accused of being personal.

Feminism is the best thing to come out of the '60's.

I never like photos of myself in the beginning. I live with them for three months, put them in a drawer, take them out and look again. I hate the way I look, but of course it's really not that bad.