It may be that my most helpful contributions to music aren't my compact discs but my articles about other great singers of the past for American Heritage magazine.

I worry about kids and all they are exposed to. Kids get so bombarded with hard, commercial sounds. They don't even have a chance to develop the softer part of themselves without fear of being ridiculed.

If you sing honestly and sincerely to kids, they will respond with all their hearts.

Somebody called me a 'bruised romantic' once, and I like that.

My family have always been supportive of my career, whether it's the highs of the World Cup or when I was just starting out.

My career has been the best part of 50 years. If I had to go through it all again, I'd love to, warts and all. There have been so many good things that they outweigh the bad. But I do have regrets.

Right now my career is totally schizophrenic, because when an American production like Hitchcock Presents asks to see my work I would never dream of showing them my independent films.

We want to take our activism and our power into action and change things for every woman, everywhere, working in any workplace.