You better not compromise yourself, it's all you've got.

I always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to be stewardesses. I read. I painted. I thought.

You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?

I'd rather not sing than sing quiet.

Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly, but it's not for outrageous people, and I was always outrageous.

When you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it's the last minute of your life.

I read, I painted, I didn't hate niggers.