When I came to New York it was the first time I'd ever taken a plane, the first time I'd ever gotten a taxi-cab, the first time for everything. And I came here with 35 dollars in my pocket. It was the bravest thing I'd ever done.

You can be sexy, but you can't be 50

I ran to the forest, I ran to the trees. I ran and I ran, I was looking for me.

Express yourself, don't repress yourself.

I used to believe in the pretty pictures that were all around me, but now I know for sure that I was stupid.

Elvis Presley? He's God.

Believing in yourself and being willing to do anything, to walk through the fire, to do what it is that you want to do. Getting out of that car accident covered with blood to play the gig . . . I mean, that's me. That's just me.