I think any girl who comes to Hollywood with sex symbol or bombshell hanging over her has a rough road.

I'm not too in love with the word ambition, but I was driven.

I grew up on soul music. I was a dancing little creep.

I know that my in-box will be so full the day that I leave the planet. So you try to stay interested in life and bring some kind of comfort and pleasure to others on this planet as you're going through this journey.

I just thank god that I didn't grow up with so much money or privilege because you had to create ways to make it happen.

My dad studied at the American Conservatory in Chicago, so he lived on all those streets. He said the war probably saved his life because he'd have ended up a dead musician, with all the crazy stuff they did on Rush Street back in the day.

I cannot really be responsible for other people's thought processes.