I want to find someone who's really magnetic but who isn't going to do anything bad to me. It's hard.

Life is beautiful, but you don't have a clue.

If you're not drinkin', then you're not playin'

[About her boyfriend Barrie] We kick each others asses. We give each other input every night.

When I found somebody who I fell in love with, it made me feel different than I felt the rest of the day. It was electrifying. That's what inspired the 'Off to the Races' melodies. That's one of the times when you're feeling electrified by someone else and they make you happy to be alive.

I think the thing I really got from Ginsberg was that you can tell a story through kind of painting pictures with words. And when I found out that you could have a profession doing that, it was thrilling to me. It just became my passion immediately, playing with words and poetry.

Live fast. Die young. Be wild. Have fun.