Don't care what people say. Don't give a damn about their laws..

When he takes me in his arms, and speaks to me softly, I see the world through rose-colored glasses..

People say that I could sing the phone book and make it sound good..

I'd like to see one person - just one - who would own up to having been a coward..

For me, sleeping is a waste of time. I'm afraid to sleep. It's a form of death..

Singing is a way of escaping. It's another world. I'm no longer on earth..

I want to make people cry even when they don't understand my words..

I want to die young. I think it's awful to get old, and sickness is ugly..

Use your faults, use your defects; then you're going to be a star..

Performers and their public should never meet. Once the curtain comes down, the performer should fly away like a magician's dove..

My conservatory is in the streets. My intelligence is instinct..

When you reach the top, you should remember to send the elevator back down for the others..

Drugs are a carnival in hell..

I can die now. I've lived twice..

Every damn fool thing you do in this life you pay for..

To sing is to bring to life; impossible if the words are mediocre, however good the music..

I was hungry. I was cold. But I was also free. Free not to get up in the morning, not to go to bed at night, free to get drunk if I liked, to dream..….

As far as I'm concerned, love means fighting, big fat lies, and a couple of slaps across the face..

I think you have to pay for love with bitter tears..

I don't lie; I improve on my life..

All I've done all my life is disobey..