We tried not to age, but time had its rage.

He found it was as easy to hurl beauty as anything else. (On Robert Mapplethorpe)

Finally, by the sea, where God is everywhere, I gradually calmed.

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

Technology is 50% of rock 'n' roll - the magic, the art, the performance. If you don't have good technicians and a strong road crew who are devoted and believe in you and protect you, you're totally naked.

It's not that I have compromised or anything, but it's always been important to me to take good care of myself and be a good example. I'm not much a role model in terms of hair care, though.

I think really that's just the basic Christian lesson that sometimes takes us years and years to understand - have equal concern for another human being as you have for yourself or perhaps even more concern for another human being than you have for yourself.