I fear for the future of the planet. But in a funny way, I'm even sanguine about that.

Most people don't deserve to be spoken of in the same breath as Chaplin or Lucille Ball.

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.

Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer.

My parents taught me: Do not rely on a man. Not rely on it that you get married and it pays for you. That's what I figured. I have always paid my own bills.

Culturally, it's very hard to change people's attitudes about public space.

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