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"My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything."
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"A boy is not free to find a partner of his own as long as he must be the partner to his mother."
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"Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother."
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"A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi... has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for."
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"When my mother signed at MGM, that was the only kind of contract you could sign. There was no such thing as an independent agent."
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"My mother taught me to read."
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"So, babies are taken from their mothers because they get temporarily insane and it's not the mother's fault. This is the thing: they shouldn't feel ashamed. They didn't cause this. It is not something they did to themselves."
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"My mother had lots and lots of children who didn't survive."
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"My mother was a phoenix who always expected to rise from the ashes of her latest disaster. She loved being Judy Garland."
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"My mother did literally hitchhike barefoot to the country store."
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"My mother wanted me to be a concert pianist."
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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."
Quiet
"I always sang standards because the songs I wrote for myself weren't as easy to sing."
Music
"I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs."
Music
"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."
Time
"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."
Business
"There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy - I used to look at her pictures and try to dress like her."
Dress
"Well, I tried to get a record deal in 1966 or '67, and everyone thought I was too eclectic."
Thought
"A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars."
War
"No, because I was always nervous about being onstage."
Being
"Well, I make every song I sing personal. I've never chosen a song that wasn't."
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