For me, it's never been an ego situation where I have been "I'm the boss; expletive you." It's always been a situation where someone comes to me and says "I can't tolerate working with you anymore" and I would admit sometimes I wouldn't blame them for that. But I also sometimes think I'm not that difficult to figure out. I don't really know what has driven people to be so angry and bitter - people like my old keyboard player Pogo, who I've known for such a long time. I feel bad for him, but there are grievances with everything.

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

If people are going to hate me, I want them to hate me for the right reasons

I can't turn off the way I think, and that's essentially who I am, who anybody is.

If you dont educate your kids... I will.

Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised.

I don't care if your world is ending today because I wasn't invited to it anyway.