Do everything you’re told. Be a good cheerleader. And never, never say, ‘It’s not so bad.’ Say ‘You are almost there!’ And say it a lot.
If I have a problem, I want to work it out, right now.
In everyday life I am quiet and reserved, not the housekeeper type but cool and relaxed. I don’t get up in the morning wearing false eyelashes and I don’t wear fancy underwear when I’m cooking popcorn. I’m a nice little ducky.
I think all of us make the mistake of thinking we’re going to change people when we get together. But we’re not. People are who they are. And people change in their own time.
It amazes me when I talk to people in their early 20s and they’ve never read the classics, things we read as children. When you don’t have knowledge and understanding, then fear rises in you.
I’ve gone from having a huge fan base to losing a huge fan base to having a kind of fluctuating fan base. I’ve always had a core of fans who’ve stuck by me but, depending on the kind of music I do, I end up appealing to certain groups of people and alienating others.
I think there probably was a time when I was less provocative. That’s when I was married.
I’ve read a couple of reviews that say I’m getting harder in my old age but I don’t think that’s true at all. I think that you can’t help but become a little cynical about life and love but I’m still a romantic, I’m still an idealist.
Life’s too short to be bitter, I’m too short to be bitter.
I think you can be defiant and rebellious and still be strong and positive.
I don’t even remember why I called myself an idiot. I can be very harshly critical of myself. It depends on my mood, and obviously it depends on where I am in my life. Yes, embracing myself – I’m working on that.
People who listen to them properly don’t underestimate them. Unfortunately, there’s so much about my career and me that distracts people from the actual content of most of my songs.
Powerful women are a threat in any society which is why I am such a target.
There are moments when I can’t believe I’m as old as I am. But I feel better physically than I did 10 years ago. I don’t think, Oh God, I’m missing something.
I try to have thick skin, but every once in a while I read something that someone says about me, and it’s so slanderous and moralistic and it has nothing to do with my music.
I feel just as hungry today as I did the day I left home.
I think passive beauties have their place in the world. It’s hard for me to relate to that.
It is difficult to believe in a religion that places such a high premium on chastity and virginity.
A fire lit under my ass? Yeah, that’s true. No time to waste.
There’s a certain satisfaction in a little bit of pain.