 I just learned my lyrics and tried not to bump into the trumpet player. That was my philosophy. |
| Whatever fame came did so not because I sought it. |
| You knew after eight bars that you were hearing something just absolutely new and unique. |
| I had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I paid for nothing. |
| Songs suffer at the mercy of the performer. |
| I wasn't driven. I just really loved what I did. |
| The world is a pile of grunge. |
| I had four or five years in school training as a soprano. I fell into pop singing because of economics. I got out of high school and had to go work, and they weren't hiring opera singers. |
| I've got a computer, but I won't go near it. |
| When rock came in, I wasn't bitter about it. I was puzzled. |
| Songwriting is an art unto itself, not to be confused with performing. |
| There was never anything like it before in history. It was a different kind of joyous, happy screaming. |
| I'll probably never put out another album because I'm a tough critic of my work, and I don't think I could come up to those standards any more. |
