I didn't think I had much of a following in the South. I thought I was anonymous down there so I kept to the South. But I found in certain pockets that I was quite recognizable and I just hit a wig store.

I'm a method actress in my songs, which is why it's hard to sing them.

Musically, I would never run dry. Any time I sit down to an instrument, I could write a song.

I was young for my age. Not as naïve as they expected. I don't know why I seem to bring that out in people.

The thing that started me painting originally was seeing Bambi when I was about nine. I was incredibly disturbed by the forest fire that killed Bambi's mother, and that distress gave me the impulse to create something, as a way of dealing with it.

When I came to California, it was the mecca of the world. Every young person on the planet wanted to be here.

You've got to keep the child alive; you can't create without it.