I'm not the kind of woman who would love to make soup or knit sweaters. I never cherished that so much.

Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.

When I turned 60, it didn't bother me at all.

Even my mother told me: 'You are a handsome woman, but you're not pretty. Pretty girls don't have those big bones.'

If you have too many quotes from other people in your head, you can't create. You have to keep your head empty. That's why I am constantly enjoying the sky, the park, the walk.

I started to notice that simpleness is divine. I think we all start trying to use very complex harmonies and rhythms and all that because of a certain kind of ambition. But I was always trying to create something simple.

I don't really believe in going with somebody to have tea and chat. I don't do that. It's just a waste of time.