I hadn't performed or been in the public eye for about 16 years. When my husband passed away, I was obliged to go back to work to take care of our kids. I also wanted to do a record in memory of him. So we did Gone Again. During that process, I had to be photographed and had to go back to doing articles and interviews.

I've lost lots of men in my life, besides my mother, which is a whole different loss.

I realize that people need something to believe in.

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

Love is an angel disguised as lust.

I'm a total failure at housewifery. I always have been, 'cause I daydream too much. If I start doing the dishes at one in the afternoon, I'll still be there at six in the evening.

There's nothing cool about being self-destructive.