Pollution is a necessary result of the inability of man to reform and transform waste.
I’ve embraced rock ‘n’ roll because it encompasses all the things I’m interested in: poetry, revolution, sexuality, political activism – all of these things can be found in rock ‘n’ roll. But I am also engaged in all of these things separately.
We needed time to figure out what all of this meant, how we were going to come to terms and redefine what our love was called. I learned from him that often contradiction is the clearest way to truth.
Deep in my heart how the presence of you shines, in a light to last a whole life through.
When I perform I always opt for communication with God and in pursuit of communicating with God you can fall into some very dangerous territory. I have also come to realize that total communication with God is physical death.
Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe, love is a banquet on which we feed.
Lets just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in sense of duty.
Fate is like a secret friend that helps push you on into life.
I longed to read everything I possibly could, and the things I read in turn produced new yearnings.
The things I thought would happen didn’t. Things I never anticipated unfolded.
Ultimately, I want to make everyone horny.
I have a daughter who’s 11 years old. Maybe she’ll grow up independent and really really heavy and become a movie star and she’ll play me in my life story.
I’m not really a musician. I’m a performer and I love rock ‘n’ roll.
Sure I destroyed my guitar at every concert, but it was okay, because I’d always get a shiny new one the very next day.
People called me the godmother of punk, but I never name myself anything.
My father was a dreamy fellow – he read Plato and Socrates and watched Phillies games.
It was no hardship to me to spend long hours reading and writing.
In fact, I thought my calling was to be a painter.
If your label won’t let you have the cover you want or sing the songs you want, then leave!
I use drugs to work. I never use them to escape or for pleasure. When you turn to drugs, all you’re doing is turning inside, anyway. I only use drugs for construction. It’s like one of my architectural tools.