I am not frightened of much, but I wouldn't like to get ill.

The voice of God, if you must know, is Aretha Franklin's.

There are so many myths out there about Marianne Faithfull, I had to, um, detach. But I can turn it on because Marianne Faithfull is really an attitude, you know.

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.

I once asked my father what he wanted me to be. To my horror, he said, 'sociologist.'

I have to watch out for being lazy.

I wish people didn't just think of me in the '60s. I'm not any era.