Occupation: Singer-Songwriter Birth: December 30, 1946
I have seen a lifetime of transgender people and it was hard enough being gay in the '50s and early '60s. One couldn't imagine the cruelty that trans….
By the time I was 10 or 11, I was completely demoralized. I thought, "I'm done. I'm never going to be a missionary," because my indiscretion column, ….
I think that there is an air of experience and aesthetic sophistication that weaves in with the amateur aspects of the film [Dream of Life]; it gives….
I've embraced rock 'n' roll because it encompasses all the things I'm interested in: poetry, revolution, sexuality, political activism - all of these….
The film [Dream of Life] doesn't hide anything, except maybe moments of sorrow or darkness that belonged to me..
Music television is all about the media-oriented version of what it is to be a rock star; it's not about what Bob Dylan or Jimi Hendrix were about - ….
Besides me wanting to be an artist, I wanted to be a movie star..
I was never a singer, I can't play any instruments, I had no training. Plus, I was brought up in a time when all the great rock stars were male. I di….
Those were the things on my mind [stay healthy, take care of my kids and reestablish a relationship with the people], not career, money, drugs, sex, ….
I think guys are more emotional. Men are supposed to be the strong ones, they have pressure on them to be strong, but when it comes to sex men are mu….
The hand above turns those leaves of loves, all in all a timeless view. Each dream of life flung from paradise everlasting, ever new..
What I say should always be prefaced with this: I'm not really politically articulate. I just try to be like Thomas Paine: what is common sense? So w….
When I was home, traditionally since I was young, I'd write in cafés. That was the romantic notion in 1963. Café atmospheres back then were different….
I don't consider writing a quiet, closet act. I consider it a real physical act. When I'm home writing on the typewriter, I go crazy. I move like ….
I love my little overgrown yard. And my house is wonderful. It's everything that I need..
An artist may have burdens the ordinary citizen doesn't know, but the ordinary citizen has burdens that many artists never even touch..
I hate to be enclosed. I don't like bathroom doors - I don't shut them. In fact, in my house, I have no doors..
I never had any dates. I never really had any boyfriends. I was the girl who did the guys' homework. I was really crazy about guys but I was always l….
Angel looks down at him and says, “Oh, pretty boy, Can't you show me nothing but surrender?.
I was a lower middle-class kid. My family had no money. There was no room in our small house where there were already four kids, including myself, li….
I'm very comfortable with being a female now but when I was a little kid I only wanted to be a boy. I didn't want to be a girl. I didn't feel like a ….