We Were Raised With The

Judy Henske, Who Was The Then Reigning Queen Of Folk Music, Said To Me At The Troubadour, 'honey, In This Town There Are Four Sexes. Men, Women, Homosexuals, And Girl Singers.'

I Just Thought That I Was Going To Get To Sing For A Living And I Wouldn't Have To Go To Work In The Department Store Or Whatever Else You Did If You Were A Woman In Those Days.

When I Was Taking Arithmetic In The First Grade I Said To Myself, "i'm Going To Be A Singer. I Don't Have To Worry About Numbers." I Didn't Think I Was Going To Be Famous Or A Star.

Everywhere You Go, There's A Soundtrack. You Can't Really Quite Hear It. It's Just A Little Out Of The Range Of Hearing.

I Don't Record (any Type Of Genre Of Music) That I Didn't Hear In My Family's Living Room By The Time I Was 10. It Just Is My Rule That I Don't Break Because ... I Can't Do It Authentically ... I Really Think That You're Just Hard-wiring (synapses) In Your Brain Up Until The Age Of Maybe 12 Or 10, And There Are Certain Things You Can't Learn In An Authentic Way After That.