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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.
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As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually out came me.
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I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs.
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I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.
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We are in this period now where we all are trying to be in shape physically and deny ourselves any pleasure.
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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, because I'm part black.
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I think that most people really know if it's a really great album.
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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 emotional truth.
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Well, I make every song I sing personal. I've never chosen a song that wasn't.
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I just want to show off my scar proudly and not be afraid of it.
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I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say.
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Well, I tried to get a record deal in 1966 or '67, and everyone thought I was too eclectic.
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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 quiet and abandoned me for a few years.
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So I suppose this slightly mature fashion sense happened because of what I had.