Sometimes my mind boggles. It's so deep my mind actually boggles.

When I got hoarse, the manager would say, 'Drink this. Joplin used to drink this,' and I used to say, 'Joplin? Joplin's dead.

There’s ageism in everything. I don’t give a hoot. It isn’t what other people think; it’s what you think. But it’s hard to come to terms with getting older. I admire people like Vivienne Westwood.

Somebody did complain to me and tell me that my clothes were so loud they couldn’t hear me sing.

The ’80s was a really creative and brave period. Remember, it was a period of ultraconservatism, and so you needed brave people to push ahead like that.

I don’t have good business sense. You never get much money for the arts. But I like independence. I like to grow.

My mother said I was a little odd as a kid. I was alone a lot, but I didn’t feel alone.

If you saw me without makeup, you wouldn’t recognize me.

I can’t judge the way other people behave. I can only look at myself.

I knew Queen Elizabeth didn’t do any laundry! I knew I wasn’t going to be doing laundry. I was going to be singing.