There is a fun, flippant side to me, of course. But I would much rather be known as the Ice Queen.

People forget the punk thing was really good for women. It motivated them to pick up a guitar rather than be a chanteuse. It allowed us to be aggressive.

I think a certain amount of anger has been a fuel of mine, if you want - but also some sort of sadness, and plain mischief, of course.

My dreams are of water. And my nightmares.

I hate the industry even more now, no bands get nurtured anymore. Labels only spend money promoting acts they know will be Top Ten. I find it offensive spending $2 million on a video.

There are some strong female performers out there. But the industry's pre-occupation with the packaging of how a woman looks has gone completely the other way, back to almost the 60s, early 70s.

I like a bit of eye candy like anyone but to have it solely about the eye candy and have it fall into a category so rigidly as well is wrong.

I liked the idea of being a writer and letting somebody else do the graft.

It was trying to break down the stereotypes and it was the kind of thing where, for the first time, women were on a par and not seen as just objects. Though girls were objectified still.

I love the ocean. I've always liked the blue, so tranquil and peaceful and gliding. And the fear of it.

The fossil record implies trial and error, the inability to anticipate the future, features inconsistent with a Great Designer (though not a Designer of a more remote and indirect temperament.)

School is testing our memory and real world is testing our memory + how we use this which we know.

To travel is to take a journey into yourself.

Man must learn to simplify, but not to the point of falsification.

If a train stops at a train station, what do you think happens at a work station?

Self-esteem is different than conceit. Conceit is the weirdest disease in the world. It makes everyone sick except the one who has it.

There's a road to hell that is paved with good intentions but it's a long route. The quicker path is paved with the kind of ignorance that clever men who just don't want to know are best at.

Cuz if I don't say I'm the best, tell me who the hell will.

For me, music comes naturally. I always just get in the studio and I feel like, wow, this is my heaven.

When someone transitions you should refer to them by their new name both in the present and with references back in time.