All my life I just wanted to be a beatnik. Meet all the heavies, get stoned, get laid, have a good time. That's all I ever wanted. Except I knew I had a good voice and I could always get a couple of beers off of it. All of a sudden someone threw me in this rock 'n' roll band. They threw these musicians at me, man, and the sound was coming from behind. The bass was charging me. And I decided then and there that that was it. I never wanted to do anything else. It was better than it had been with any man, you know. Maybe that's the trouble.

Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.

I think I think too much. That's why I drink!

Oh, Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz - My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.

I started singing rhythmically, and now I'm learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it

I talk to the audience, look into their eyes. I need them and they need me.

As good as you've been to this world is as good as it's gonna be right back to you.