I had this idea that the coolest thing that could happen to you was talking with God.

The truth is, no matter how modest Steven [Sebring] is, he was obsessed with the outcome of the film [Dream of Life]. Every single frame was important to him.

The film [Dream of Life], in the end, is life-affirming, and I think it's always useful for people to be reminded that no matter how rough things get, no matter what kind of twists and turns our lives can take, we can keep going, we can create something new.

People called me the godmother of punk, but I never name myself anything.

I'm a worker. I do the work to communicate, and I want people to embrace it, and when they do I'm happy.

What I've always tried to do is to express the highest point of me, and rock 'n' roll is the first and the most open form created by our generation. The cool thing about it is that you get the power, you get the rhythm; you can be taken over sexually, you can be taken over cerebrally; it's great to look at - it's a package deal.

I immersed myself in books and rock 'n' roll, the adolescent salvation.