No Matter Who You Are,

The Critics Have Been Writing Me Off For 20 Years. That's Nothing New. As Far As I Know I Still Have Plenty Of Fans And Sell Lots Of Records. Do I Care What Critics Say About Me? No, And I Don't Read Reviews.

I'll Rest When I'm Dead. I'm Hungry And Life Is Short!

I Think It's Just That As A Creative Person, In All The Different Things That I've Done Or Ways That I've Found To Express Myself, I've Consistently Come Up Against Resistance In Certain Areas. I Think That The World Is Not Comfortable With Female Sexuality. It's Always Coming From A Male Point Of View, And A Woman Is Being Objectified By A Man - And Even Women Are Comfortable With That. But When A Woman Does It, Ironically, Women Are Uncomfortable With It. I Think A Lot Of That Has To Do With Conditioning.

There's A Certain Satisfaction In A Little Bit Of Pain.

I'm Not Crazy About How Sort Of Homogenized Pop Music Become. It Used To Be Much More Diverse. Maybe It's Just What's Played On The Radio Sounds Very Much The Same.