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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

I think I've finally proven something to people who were cynical about me. Because they were cruel.