I had a very difficult relationship with my mother. She used to wake me up in the middle of the night if I wasn't sleeping straight and was messing up the sheets. Now when I stay in hotels I sleep so straight they don't even think I've used the bed.

People ask why there are so few female artists who succeed. It's because women are not ready to sacrifice as much as men. Women want a man, they want a family, they want to have children, they want to be loved, and to be an artist. And they can't; it's impossible.

When you're 50, the best thing to do is dance the Argentinean tango.

Documentation is misleading, because the performance is dead. So the very early works were not documented at all.

In every culture, [there are those] shamans or medicine men who endured incredible physical pain, because it's a door opening to the subconsciousness. And the way we can actually control the pain -- it's how to control everything. This is the key.

Every party is the same, too many people, too little food, and you have to wait around. I'm extremely bored with parties.

People ask me what book politicians should read. They should read the life of Mahatma Gandhi.