You can't just have a clean public space - you also have to have people willing to use it, and something that will draw them in.

[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.

You have to be alert. When my daughter, Sophie, came out of the womb, she was instantly alert, as if she had been here before. And she was a little disappointed that she was here again.

America is so caught up in this celebrity mania!

I tried to charm the pants off Bob Dylan, but everyone will be disappointed to learn that I was unsuccessful. I got close - a couple of fast feels in the front seat of a Cadillac.

When the movies first started, audiences were dumbstruck to see actresses walking around in evening gowns. They'd never seen anything like that. They wanted to be like those actors and actresses, so the movies informed their behavior. A lot of people started drinking martinis and smoking cigarettes because they felt it was cool.

I've forbidden my daughter to have grandchildren, I'm too young.