All men are created equal and all women are created equal as well, but [equality] seems much clearer when it comes to race issues. In the realms of m….

You say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds, but soon you'll cage me on your shelf. I'll never learn to be just me, first by myself..

So I suppose this slightly mature fashion sense happened because of what I had..

We went to see all the shows. American musical theater and jazz were very big..

The models for me were more the folk-rock singers of the '60s and '70s..

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow..

He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, ... And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not only does the punishme….

The advancements that women have made are very threatening to men in the job place. There haven't been that many women in politics. If you look at th….

Do you know how many concerts I've done in my whole life, in more than 35 years of performing? Sixty-four..

One of the things that has always motivated me to write is the desire to get it out and look at it in an objective way, so that it doesn't cause me a….

I think that I've got some pretty bad reviews on albums or songs that later proved themselves..

It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face is more acceptable in a way now than when I first came on the scene, becau….

You know, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997 I realized I had spent too long arranging my attitude..

Don't mind if I fall apart. There's more room in a broken heart..

Then I went through a big Peggy Lee stage, then I became Annie Ross, then Judy Collins..

I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say..

I've gone through the village of my songwriting and my artistry, and I've gone through lots of different phases, including one where it has been very….

Worrying too much about other people's ears and not my own, I lost my way..

I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs..

I just want to show off my scar proudly and not be afraid of it..

I took it to heart that in order to be a good person; you never said anything mean about anybody..