Occupation: Singer-Songwriter Birth: December 30, 1946
We were walking toward the fountain, the epicenter of activity, when an older couple stopped and openly observed us. Robert enjoyed being noticed, an….
Art is by nature optimistic. Art is optimistic because it is alive..
The film [Dream of Life], in the end, is life-affirming, and I think it's always useful for people to be reminded that no matter how rough things get….
I personally am not interested in people trying to pigeonhole me..
As an artist, I never wanted to be fettered by gender nor recognized or defined as a female poet, musician or singer. They don't do that with men - n….
I'm a total failure at housewifery. I always have been, 'cause I daydream too much. If I start doing the dishes at one in the afternoon, I'll still b….
We used to laugh at our small selves, saying that I was a bad girl trying to be good and that he was a good boy trying to be bad. Through the years t….
My mother and father had so many ups and downs and stayed with each other and helped each other. My mother took in ironing and she was a waitress. My….
All I've ever wanted to do was create freedom..
I've said this over and over, but I'll say it a million more times - I'm concerned more about the death of a bee than I am about terrorism. Because w….
Some of us are born rebellious. Like Jean Genet or Arthur Rimbaud, I roam these mean streets like a villain, a vagabond, an outcast, scavenging for t….
What I really like is an intelligent review. It doesn't have to be positive. A review that has some kind of insight, and sometimes people say somethi….
Will you pretend you're my boyfriend?.
We never had any children," he said ruefully. "Our work was our children..
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 tha….
I'm okay with roaming around the world in my bunk for days on end. Maybe every third day I'll get a shower or stumble out at dawn and realize I'm in ….
Christianity made us think there's one heaven..
People say hello to me. I mean, sometimes the sanitation truck goes by and says, hey Patti..
You don't want to OD on improvisation..
I hated the makeup. I hated all that pancake makeup. I didn't really like dressing for parts..
I don't know about that. I'm not a very analytical person. I have various impulses. I've often quoted Walt Whitman's phrase "I contain multitudes." I….