The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind..

Anticipation is making me late, it's keeping me waiting..

Being in this business for as long as I've been in it, it's sort of like living in a town or a city before the war and then after the war and then du….

Well, I make every song I sing personal. I've never chosen a song that wasn't..

Life is a dream even in its most painful moments, it's a dream that we can dance to..

I've learned that nobody's perfect, and I don't expect myself to be perfect anymore..

Everyone has problems, and learning to share them is essential. Hiding pain requires an enormous amount of energy; sharing it is liberating..

You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it..

You know when you take the paint off an old canvas and you discover that something's been painted underneath it? That's what I feel like - that part ….

We need role models who are going to break the mold..

I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee..

A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars..

You're so vain. I bet you think this song is about you..

My look was even more solidified when I started singing in Greenwich Village with my sister Lucy. We wore matching dresses as the Simon Sisters..

It's like The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat, about the discovery of penicillin. Out of these strange accidents come huge discoveries. A certain purple bl….

Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other times I would start from scratch. Or sometimes I would take a l….

Undoubtedly, Patsy Cline was a trailblazer and in that respect, all women who are singular in a man's field have a special power..

I'm a little old-fashioned - I like it when the man opens the door and I like it when a man pays for me. I particularly like it when they pay for din….

So many artists who came out during that time, including myself, were able to get on radio. New forms of singer-songwriters developed out of that..

I grew up not understanding what was true and what was not true. It gave me a sense of unreality. I was told that this man [mom's lover] was not my m….

I always think it's interesting to dig a little bit deeper every time you go to someplace that seems like a revelation or a strong connection to an e….