I Am Harder On Myself Than Anyone

In Nearly All Ballads, The Words Set The Mood And Meaning, While The Music Intensifies Or Enhances Them.

I Could Not Separate Myself Off Stage From Myself On Stage, As So Many Actors Can.

It Became Obvious In 1957 That I Was Endangering My Health By Carrying So Much Weight.

Because Of My Voice, Speaking Words Which Had Been Carefully Chosen, Women Had Used Money They Had Set Aside For Other Purposes To Buy War Bonds.

I Could See Myself In A White Nurse's Uniform, Working Unnoticed For Many Years And At Last Dying, Unknown, Unmarried And Unsung.