I got my interest in Lotte Lenya and the Brecht-Weill canon from my parents. And I love classical music - I got that from my parents. I love Cole Porter - that I got from my dad.

My story is really an affirmation of my strength and my luck. To live with a great artist like Ted Hughes or Mick Jagger is a very, very destructive role for a woman trying to be herself. In fact, it can't be done.

I'm sick of being self-referential. I don't want to do any more songs that can be accused of being personal.

I have to be able to love somebody except myself and the theater.

Well, I really didn't enjoy some of the movies I did when I was young.

I'm a tame actress. I get tired now that I'm entertaining day and night professionally. I think the only reason for going to a party is to pick up a good lay. When you've got a permanent boyfriend it's rather spoilt. Because the fun of a party is to flirt with everyone. I like flirting.

I'm never, never sure which way to go. I'm full of unsureness. That's been a habit for years. I never really want to commit.