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.

There's no shame in enjoying a quiet life. And that's been the realization of the past few years for me.

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.

You know, people want to honor me, and on the one hand I just don't want to be a poster child; but on the other, I want to do something classy and great - something where the residuals will go to the cause.

Then I went through a big Peggy Lee stage, then I became Annie Ross, then Judy Collins.

I managed Hewlett Packard through the worst technology downturn in 25 years, the dotcom bust.