You want to live the dream? You do what you want on your terms.

You’ve got to be prepared for the names they are going to call you compared to your male peers… You will be a floozy and a slattern. He will be virile and a ladies’ man. You will be a freakshow, a retching wretch, a sloppy drunk. He will be charismatic, vainglorious, a ferocious drunk and Dionysian. You will be indiscriminate and desperate. He will be generous, tortured and driven.

How does Macy Gray or Kid Rock not win over Christina Aguilera?

I don't mean to be a diva, but some days you wake up and you're Barbara Streisand.

I'm not a woman. I'm a force of nature.

The minute I got skinny and got a nose job and became photogenic, and all of a sudden I had a bidding war, and every boy I ever wanted, wanted me.

But let me tell you something. Gloria Steinem never helped me out; Larry Flynt did.