The 1960s were about releasing ourselves from conventional society and freeing ourselves.

Hide until everybody goes home. Hide until everybody forgets about you. Hide until everybody dies.

You can be very wild and still be very wise

I never thought, "I'm going to be an artist". When I actually began to become successful in the art world I made it a point to say, 'I am a dilettante, I am not a professional artist", which is true.

One day, the dance charts will be the biggest chart in the music world. Because we all need to dance. This planet will be a fun planet when the judges in court will end the day with a dance!

In the '60s we fought for peace, when the Vietnam war was on. We were against the cops and against the politicians, and there was a lot of waving banners and all that. And I think in a way, just as they were enjoying that machoism of war, we were enjoying the machismo of being anti-war, you know?

I'm kind of honored to be a dragon lady. The dragon is a very powerful, mythical animal.