I wasn't thinking so much of music. I wasnt thinking so much of perfection or stardom or any of that stuff.

The hand above turns those leaves of loves, all in all a timeless view. Each dream of life flung from paradise everlasting, ever new.

I don't think anything can prepare you for one's losses.

I reflected on the fact that no matter how good I aspired to be, I was never going to achieve perfection

I love being alive. I like being a human being.

I believe myself to be an artist. That was my calling, to do my work, and what's most important to me is to do the best work I possibly can. And that is what means the most, that is what will endure.

Even as a child, I knew what I didn't want. I didn't want to wear red lipstick.