The models for me were more the folk-rock singers of the '60s and '70s.

I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee.

My look was even more solidified when I started singing in Greenwich Village with my sister Lucy. We wore matching dresses as the Simon Sisters.

I just want to show off my scar proudly and not be afraid of it.

A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.

The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind.

Everyone has problems, and learning to share them is essential. Hiding pain requires an enormous amount of energy; sharing it is liberating.

You know when you take the paint off an old canvas and you discover that something's been painted underneath it? That's what I feel like - that part of the old is coming through the new.

I've learned that nobody's perfect, and I don't expect myself to be perfect anymore.

Life is a dream even in its most painful moments, it's a dream that we can dance to.

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

I never met a man that I didn't like.

Fear can't be reasoned with. Neither can hate. They're like love. They're almost identical emotions.

Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.

Driving a Porsche in London is like bringing a Ming vase to a football game.

Creativity to me is the life force that is in us. It’s an animalistic instinct for survival.

Peace - that was the other name for home.

LOVE your taste in subject matter... perfect summer reading!

I should have been glad to acquire some sort of idea of Hindu theology, ... but the difficulties were too great.

You bring the color and the life. It's a lucky man who is offered that color and life, and a wise one who values it.

People go to casinos for the same reason they go on blind dates - hoping to hit the jackpot. But mostly, you just wind up broke or alone in a bar.