To keep trying to listen to yourself.

I think motivation is the single most important factor in any sort of success. Physical fitness is important, technical skill is important, and maybe even the desire for money is important in some respects. But a sort of basic motivation, the desire to succeed, to stretch yourself to the utmost is the most important factor. Certainly in the field of exploration and activity, it’s the thing that makes the difference between someone who does really well and someone who doesn’t.

If you commit to it, you won’t ever stop learning.

One’s created sense of self is not who you are. The present moment is all we have.

Having a career that’s lasted 47 years, especially when I felt like an impostor for so many of them.

“You sing like a goat.” When I did my French album [Voila], this French woman – a supposed friend – said to my face: “It’s fantastic but, how come you sound like a chèvre?” It was like someone had hit me in the stomach.

A travel agent, so I could see the world.

As a singer who did everything her way, no compromise.

I wouldn’t take back the drugs, but there are a few boyfriends that I’d edit out of my life.

On stage in Tasmania, I tripped over a floor monitor and landed on my back like a turtle, kicking my legs in the air trying to get back on my feet in front of about 5,000 people. But when I got on my feet, the whole crowd roared in triumph.