I always sang standards because the songs I wrote for myself weren't as easy to sing..

I had this terrible stammer, so I couldn't really speak properly until I was 16 or 17..

I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo..

I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I didn't have fear that it brought on an anxiety attack..

But I'm lost when it comes to you..

I used the physical scar of my breast cancer operation, the scar that I have across my chest as a metaphor for all kinds of scars..

There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy - I used to look at her pictures and try to dress like her..

We are in this period now where we all are trying to be in shape physically and deny ourselves any pleasure..

You don't have to prove to me you're beautiful to strangers, I've got loving eyes of my own..

I haven't got time for the pain..

I've always thought of myself as being a warrior. When you actually have a battle, it's better than when you don't know who to fight..

My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything..

As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually out came me..

We change our opinions of ourselves so often. What the outside world thinks is only a small part of our image..

You know, people want to honor me, and on the one hand I just don't want to be a poster child; but on the other, I want to do something classy and gr….