It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face is more acceptable in a way now than when I first came on the scene, because I'm part black.
My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything.
The models for me were more the folk-rock singers of the '60s and '70s.
So many artists who came out during that time, including myself, were able to get on radio. New forms of singer-songwriters developed out of that.