I'm not gonna worry about what people think about me. I'm too busy. I don't give a hoot.

I lucked out when I started to sing. I'd already experienced failing at everything else.

Sometimes my mind boggles. It's so deep my mind actually boggles

I've always felt, even as a songwriter, that the rhythm of speech is in itself a language for me.

If we truly want to end youth homelessness... then we have to invest in prevention and support communities as they work to implement these life-changing efforts.

I never had a rivalry with Madonna. You don't knock another sister, ever. There's room for everybody on this planet; you don't have to be like anyone else.

When I got hoarse, the manager would say, 'Drink this. Joplin used to drink this,' and I used to say, 'Joplin? Joplin's dead