When it comes to art, money is an unimportant detail. It just happens to be a huge unimportant detail.

It's the same thing: I would think, "If I can't go out and pull some teenager tonight, maybe I'm no good on stage anymore." And you start to think that you even need it as a motivation. I did, anyway.

Second only to the sea, the Miami sky has been the greatest comfort in my life past 50. On a good day, when the wind blows from the south, the light here is diffuse and forgiving.

If I had to depend on what I actually get from sales, I'd be tending bar between sets.

I never had a checkbook. It used to be cash in hand, stuff in the pocket, or a manager would keep some accounts and give me money. I started to wonder what it must feel like to actually make a profit, pay taxes, and to have a phone listing, and a manager. And also, I was sick of sleeping around every night.

Bowie's a real man, and I'm a real woman - just like Catherine Deneuve.

I smoked this joint and then it hit me. I thought, what you gotta do is play your own simply blues.