After 50, the rock 'n' roll road is a little absurd. It's very difficult to play these little places. You're out there on a rickety old bus with no place to shower.

I was singing about six notes higher than I had to, in a range that kept me up in a bubblegum sound.

It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.

I got married and basically forgot about Elvis. Then Speedway came. That was the most fun of all, to see him every day all those weeks.

The Columbia years are the most sentimental for me. My parents were together through most of that time and we were a happy, sort of normal family.

It's unfortunate that women feel they have to resort to something sensational... All the videos I see now are sexy and raunchy. What's the point? I don't get it?

Morrissey wrote a really gorgeous song for me. I'm crazy for that man. And he thinks I'm hip!