I think I've finally proven something to people who were cynical about me. Because they were cruel.

I wasn't accepted because I didn't accept the drug culture that most of my peers were involved in. Now it's like a locked room.

I think most people are aware of the garbage in the tabloids and dont give them a lot of credence.

You keep lyin' when you ought to be truthin'.

You keep thinking that you'll never get burned, I just found me a brand new box of matches.

The Columbia years are the most sentimental for me. My parents were together through most of that time and we were a happy, sort of normal family.

The one hit song that I have tremendous gratitude for is Boots, because it has a life of its own. It's like being identified with a brand name.

I didn't just want to be Frank's daughter who sang Boots. I take my music very seriously and studied very hard. It's not a joke to me.

Morrissey wrote to me and said, I have a song for you and if we release it as a single, you'll be on the charts for the first time since 1972, I said, what time, where?

Morrissey wrote a really gorgeous song for me. I'm crazy for that man. And he thinks I'm hip!

After 50, the rock 'n' roll road is a little absurd. It's very difficult to play these little places. You're out there on a rickety old bus with no place to shower.

We, writers & poets, have a big problem. We swim too deep inside life, also in shallow waters, and then we end touching the sand!

A high self-esteem having artist works hard to be understood. A low self-esteem having artist works hard to be agreed with.

I'm learning to be braver with colorful clothes, even if they're a little wild.

I love the tradition of Dickens, where even the most minor walk-on characters are twitching and particular and alive.

The leaders come and go, but the people remain. Only the people are immortal.

It actually does matter what people think about you.

Cheap liquor is a magic potion that can turn you into a puppet cowboy before it kills you.

Actually, my worst nightmare is losing my best friend, as I imagine most people's are.

I'd like to win an Oscar.

The people who receive the most approval in life are the ones who care the least about it--so technically, if you want the approval of others, you need to stop caring about it.