As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag.

People need space to air out their thoughts, to have a sense of themselves - unfettered by anything.

I was always a tomboy as a kid. I always had boyfriends. I was just a regular girl growing up in the late '50s and early '60s, but I was never really attracted to what the girls were attracted to: makeup, my appearance, homemaking.

If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer.

I'm not saying I wasn't flawed or amateurish. But you can never say I did anything to appease the music business.

I learned from him that often contradiction is the clearest way to truth

I think it's good for people to see the positive beauty that can flower from the deepest grieving.