Drugs have nothing to do with the creation of music. In fact, they are dumb and self indulgent. Kind of like sucking your thumb!

Rock is all about writing your own script; it's all about pioneering.

The language of love letters is the same as suicide notes.

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

It's very hard to describe to people sometimes the way I grew up, because it wasn't like my parents were irresponsible. They weren't necessarily reckless, but they were bringing all types of energy into the house, all kinds of people.

When I stepped out from doing films and had a dark period, I never did anything dark on a set, so I never made enemies on a set. I never was a bad girl on a set; I always considered films a really sacred space, so when I had my problems, I had them very much away from the film community.

I've done enough films to know how to save up my energy for the take and then give it on the take and do that.