You Know, When I Was Diagnosed With

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 Mother's Lover - When He Was. I Was Told He Was There As A Male Babysitter For My Brother So That He Would Learn Sports And Other Manly Things.

I Had A Mastectomy In 1998, And Then Chemo.

You Usually Can't Tell What's Inspiring Until You Look Back On It.

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.

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 During The Reconstruction And Then During The Time That It Sprawls Out To The Malls.