Even in my really bad, drugged-out days, I didn't go away. I still toured, still did interviews. I never gave up the fight. That's why I'm who I am today, because I didn't leave. And I think I made the right choice.

What has Rock and Roll ever done for us? Everything.

I was not going to be a stupid girl singer. I was going to be way more than that.

I have my own life. And I am stronger than you know.

If the sun warms up the rain, and the rain puts out the sun. Why does the greatest love become the greatest pain?

I wouldn't like to be in movies. Movie people are strange. They live a different life than musicians do.

I didn't want to look like anyone else - like Janis Joplin or Grace Slick. That's why I never went to any of the big designers.