Trivia

1965: She had a daughter, whom she put up for adoption. She met the girl in 1996, and they now have a good relationship.

Had polio as a child and due to complications from the disease cannot play a wide body acoustic guitar because of the pressure it puts on her back and shoulder.

Led Zeppelin's song "Going to California" is a tribute to her.

Was at one time romantically involved with Graham Nash. In fact, Nash wrote the song "Our House" about their relationship.

Was invited to play at Woodstock, but her manager refused to let her because she was scheduled to make her national television debut on The Dick Cavett Show (1968). He saw how bad the traffic was and told her that she wouldn't make it back in time. As a result, she wrote the classic song "Woodstock", which ironically became a hit for Crosby Stills Nash & Young, who did appear at the festival.

She took up folk singing for fun and to earn pocket change for cigarettes, movies and dances while she attended art school.

She was voted the 60th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artist of all time by Rolling Stone.

Instruments played include the guitar, piano, oboe, and autoharp.

Divides her time between Los Angeles and British Columbia.

Her daughter is a model in Canada, named Kilauren Gibb. Kilauren has two children named Marlin (b. 1993) and Daisy (b. 1999).

Ranked #5 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll

1997: Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

1997: Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Her father, Bill Anderson, was a trumpet player in a Canadian marching band and an officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Her mother, Myrtle McKee, was a teacher.

She was awarded the C.C. (Companion of the Order of Canada) on May 1, 2002 and Invested on: October 30, 2004 from the Canadian Governor General. She is one of the most influential singer-songwriters of her generation. Folk, pop, rock, jazz and world beat - she has embraced them all and made them her own. From Yorkville coffeehouses to international stages and on to gold albums, Junos, Grammys and Hall of Fame inductions, she has engaged and inspired audiences and musicians for some 40 years. She has crossed musical boundaries and created new ones to be crossed. Her independent style has been emulated by many popular artists and has paved the way for today's young female singers. Her music and lyrics have become part of our collective memory. Widely respected as a visual artist and poet as well, she continues to add to the creative legacy indelibly woven into our cultural mosaic. She lives in Beverly Hills, California USA.

Pictured on one of four 52¢ Canadian commemorative postage stamps honoring Canadian Recording Artists, issued 29 June 2007. The other stamps pictured Paul Anka, Gordon Lightfoot, and Anne Murray.

1996: Awarded the Polar Music Prize, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music Award.

A big influence on Marillion guitarist Steve Rothery, especially for her use of open tunings, which he attempted to approximate on a conventionally tuned guitar. He has also named her albums "Song to a Seagull", "Hejira" and "Court and Spark" as among his favorite records by anybody. She has been an enduring influence on the band's music. Their 1985 UK Top Five hit "Lavender" features the lyric "I heard the sprinklers whisper, shimmer in the haze of summer lawns", which is a reference to her 1975 album "The Hissing of Summer Lawns", and she is mentioned in the lyrics of their 2012 song "Montreal".

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (June 2007)

She was awarded the 2012 Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Medal from the Canadian Governor General. She lives in Beverly Hills, California USA.

She was awarded the 2002 Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee Medal from the Canadian Governor General. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.