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

I’m not much a role model in terms of hair care, though.

Sometimes you're doing really well, then, after three or four years, everything inexplicably crashes like a house of cards and you have to rebuild it. It's not like you get to a point where you're all right for the rest of your life.

I just know that young people suffer, and I also know music is one of the things that help you get through - music and friends.

All the traumas I went through separating art from writing don't exist anymore. That's why I love being in rock 'n' roll. It's a whole life thing.

I always enjoyed doing transgender songs.

All of my role models, whether it was the disciples, or John the Baptist or Arthur Rimbaud, slept under the stars.