I never thought I'd write, because I'd never written anything in my whole life.

What I think is the universal, wonderful thing about music, is that it's very inclusive.

Even though I know how very far apart we are, it helps to think we might be wishing underneath the same bright star.

I can sing better after shooting smack in both arms than after eating too much.

I thought everybody could sing, because everybody in my family could.

I never wrote anything down. I never kept a diary, never kept a journal. I did write one letter home about touring with the Doors that I used as a reference for the book for some details there, and then I was glad I had that, but that was it.

When I was taking arithmetic in the first grade I said to myself, "I'm going to be a singer. I don't have to worry about numbers." I didn't think I was going to be famous or a star.