I felt alien my whole life but I didn't feel alien because of my gender. Other people made me aware of my gender.

If someone didn't want to be filmed, or my children said, "Don't film me anymore," [Steven Sebring] didn't try to sneak a shot or cajole them; he just respected their wishes.

Ms. It sounds like a sick bumblebee, it sounds frigid. I mean, who the hell would ever want to stick his hand up the dress of somebody who goes around calling herself something like Ms.? It's all so stupid.

People say hello to me. I mean, sometimes the sanitation truck goes by and says, hey Patti.

I started thinking what could happen with my art and I realized that the biggest thing that could is that it winds up in a museum. It's like finding a rare animal and putting it in the zoo.

My mother loved rock and roll. She loved high-energy music.

Both of them were ahead of their time, but they didn't live long enough to see the time they were ahead of.