If you have intercourse you run the risk of dying and the ramifications of death are final.

You can't make your kids what you want them to be. They are who they are and you have to help them to succeed in the world as best you can.

When I perform on stage, I often pretend to be someone other than myself to bring a certain emotion or intent to a song.

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

What, do you think that feminism means you hate men?

Everything does go in a circle.

On my darkest days, I wear my brightest colors.