What surprises me is-even though discrimination against women and racial discrimination still exist, they have improved a lot, especially among artists. And just when I felt I could finally take a break, I encounter the age discrimination. I turned 72 and started noticing a drastic difference in people's attitudes. I started with racism and sexism in the beginning and fought them so hard and was finally ready to relax. Then, here comes ageism, and I feel like, "Give me a break!"

If you go back to all my albums, they're all confessional.

In the Second World War, I was a little girl. I was evacuated in my country.

Artists and musicians of the Sixties were definitely into clothes.

I just go with the flow, so any style can be in my music - that makes it exciting.

No one person could have broken up a band, especially one the size of the Beatles.

Even my mother told me: 'You are a handsome woman, but you're not pretty. Pretty girls don't have those big bones.'