I thought I'd live to a ripe old age, because I always felt there was a lot to do. I had a driven feeling. I always thought in the present.

I mean I think that Blondie's influence is a little bit in a way more eclectic than those bands.

I'm a culture vulture, and I just want to experience it all.

I have a lot of regrets, but I'm not going to think of them as regrets.

I don't mind if my skull ends up on a shelf as long as it's got my name on it.

I always say the new album is the best one yet. I always feel that - I really do, because it's the latest and it's the newest and it's a little bit better.

The only person I really believe in is me.

I could be a housewife… I guess I’ve vacuumed a couple of times.

I do know the effect that music still has on me - I'm completely vulnerable to it. I'm seduced by it.

The only thing I really wanted to be was a beatnik, and look what happened: I ended up being in a band.

Capote wrote every day. He said that's the only way, you have to sit down every day and do it.

If we learn to love each other and care, enduring peace will fill the world to share.

Who knows what's for true once a time is past? There's no way to prove how something was that's gone. And if a time is gone, what does it matter? It's all rain into rivers now.

Ignorant is not the one who does not know much but the one who does not make senses.

If you're looking for the safe choice, you shouldn't be supporting a black guy named Barack Obama to be the next leader of the free world.

In the real world, it is hard to be taken seriously as a woman. Use your brain and be smart about your choices. There's nothing wrong with being a good girl - it's actually very attractive and sexy.

Most of the people who call me a sellout were 7 when I was down face-first in the punk trenches.

Art is a form of asset. Hedge-fund managers who have made money fast should diversify into other areas.

I had no plans to be a director.

It’s all right if you grow your wings on the way down.

And I just pray that god gives me longevity in the music industry.