[Kurt Cobain] had a lot of German in him. Some Irish. But no Jew. I think that if he had had a little Jew he would have [expletive] stuck it out.

Only dumb people are happy.

I listen to too many people. I'm only going to listen to my gut for the rest of my life.

I want every girl in the world to pick up a guitar and start screaming.

There are songs about abortions, about slashing your arms with razors, about imagining your own funeral in New Orleans, about rock stars cheating on their wives, sex.

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

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