I never felt I had to prove myself with anything.

I was a tough kid with the jeans, the concert shirt with the flannel over it, the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair.

I'm like every other woman: a closet full of clothes, but nothing to wear: So I wear jeans.

I grew up with a lot of boys. I probably have a lot of testosterone for a woman.

I want to be a big, fleshy voluptuous woman with curves. I want a big bum, but I don't have one.

I'm living my life as a journey. My quest is to make it better every year.

Beauty [is] a kind of radiance. People who possess a true inner beauty, their eyes are a little brighter, their skin a little more dewy. They vibrate at a different frequency.

You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks.

When I go out, I love steak and caviar.

I eat a cheeseburger with French fries almost every day.

I hate committing myself to anything. It's probably the lack of discipline, honestly. I'm probably a spoiled brat worried about getting my way every time.

Your love GrowingIn my heart We’re readyFor a brand-new startDon’t tell me You’ve to go Away tonight ………………

Nothing stays forgotten for long, Elly. Sometimes we simply have to remind the world that we're special and that we're still here.

Shigemori's body of work is a compelling manifesto for continuous cultural renewal.

History is the collective consciousness of the then intellectuals and not just some numbers, time and events.

All men even, I have written, Jesus Christ began as flecks of tissue inside a woman's womb. Every boy must stagger out of the shadow of a mother goddess, whom he never fully escapes.

If you can say the lyrics almost like a poem and they stand up, that's a great thing. Some songs have great lyrics and I don't like the melodies, and vice versa.

So often people say something and you realise you haven't really heard it.

A book is less important for what it says than for what it makes you think.

Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric.

I think that songwriting changed when groups started spending more time in the studio.