I was becoming the cold, emotionally crippled monster I always wanted to be, and I wasn’t so sure I liked it. But it was too late. The metamorphosis was already well under way.

I like to make people think differently than they did before I walked in the room.

There's nothing that anyone could say about me that would hurt my feelings.

I've been able to watch and to weather a lot of different periods in entertainment, politics and life.

Marilyn is real. I wake up and I am Marilyn.

My art is not limited to the songs I create but also to the reaction it creates. I like to sit back and look at the whole thing as if it's a tornado that I'm controlling. It's creating chaos. When you create chaos, ideas are turned upside down, and everybody looks at things in a different way.

This is the culture you're raising your kids in. Don't be surprised if it blows up in your face.