Being diagnosed with a possibly life-threatening disease is so jarring and for me to know that God had me in his hands, I never felt alone.

I have a healthy cynicism, but not anger.

I become more seasoned, it's less interesting to try and compete in the pop market.

Most writers like to maintain some sort of anonymity. For me, making videos was an assault.

I like a good beer buzz early in the morning.

Artists have really never had any representation on Capitol Hill, because it's not the nature of the artist to join together and make a unified presence. Those days kind of died in the '60s.

My first record had just broken, and these guys wanted my autograph. I thought, Oh, god, they recognize me. Turns out they thought I was Heidi Fleiss.