I want a bigger band with higher highs, a bigger ladder. And I want more bottom - I want an incredible amount of bottom. I want more noise. When I do….

I got treated very badly in Texas. They don't treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they'd never seen ….

The more you live, the less you die..

I'm tired of all these hippie jack-offs.

Don't go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now..

I just want to feel as much as I can, it's what soul is all about..

Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers..

When you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it's the last minute of your life..

Like most girls I'm always really self-conscious about do I look fat, if my legs are short, if I'm weird shaped, but when I go on stage, man, it neve….

All my life I just wanted to be a beatnik. Meet all the heavies, get stoned, get laid, have a good time. That's all I ever wanted. Except I knew I ha….

My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house..

Freedom is just another word for when you have NOTHING left to lose..

You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?.

You are what you settle for..

Singing, it's like it's like loving somebody, it's a supreme emotional and physical experience..

Oh, Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz - My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends..

You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow..

My business is to enjoy and have fun. And why not, if in the end everything will end, right?.

I'd rather not sing than sing quiet..

I'm one of those regular weird people..

I can't talk about my singing; I'm inside it. How can you describe something you're inside of?.