The writing part of my life never changes, because that's just when the inspiration comes.
I love Jimi Hendrix obviously, and Jimmy Page and Prince. And also Elvis Presley is a really great guitar player. I don't think he ever took lessons; he was piecing it together himself. But he has great rhythm. And rhythm, to me, you can use it to your advantage if you're not all over the fretboard.
And if you don't live, you have nothing to write about.
I DJ all the time, as much as I possibly can. I'll never stop. That's my security blanket, that's what I'm good at. I still consider myself a better DJ than a singer. I can DJ in my sleep.
There are ways to stimulate being prolific, and part of that is making pilgrimages, and being open to listening, changing up the routine.
I don't think you would want to see all five Go-Go's naked - I think we would be scary.
Being a kid during the '80s, I feel I didn't really get the full experience.
I love eggs so much. I feel like my day hasn't started until I've had eggs. I'm probably gonna die from high cholesterol!
Eventually you can get into the nuts and bolts of reality: nurturing, caring, and getting along.
I actually was consciously trying to emulate bands like Bruce Springsteen, and just trying to emulate what they do structurally.
I think that what's perceived as punk out in shopping malls or in chain stores or on MTV has almost nothing to do with what punk is about.
When you put your hand on the Bible, you are saying something much stronger than just telling your peers that you're going to tell the truth.
My style is to service my community through entertainment and products.
I grew up in an era where you had to find your own way as a woman. When I was a kid, there was this whole physical and emotional neatness and purity that a woman was supposed to have, and I didn't fit into that.
While St. Louis is technically regarded as part of the Mid-West, it's actually - geographically and emotionally - more part of the South. I mean, the sensibility of St. Louis is really very much that of a Southern Mississippi river-town.
I'd rather deal with Tipper than Bush. He's trying to kill everybody in jail.
Music will always be my No. 1 passion, but I don't have to be doing it professionally. It's not really about that for me anymore. I feel like I don't have to look at it as a career. I can just rest in it and just be.
I like to write about real-life topics, and I like to write about different walks of life.
Does defending liberalism leave you friendless and perhaps wondering about your breath?
When you're by yourself, you realize how much pressure you're under and how much work you have to do.
I am known to be able to take care of myself when I become angry. I don't mince words.
When you stand for something, you've got to stand for it all the way, not half way.
I walk out my front door in New York and I'm out on the street and there are people everywhere. L.A. is so much more spread out, so it's really easy in L.A. to have a little more isolation and to just not see as many people.
My greatest sense of accomplishment has come from having two amazing sons, but it's also a paradox in that the times when I felt like the biggest failure have been times when I felt like, as a parent, I wasn't making the right decisions or succeeding in the way that I should.
Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inability to believe. Our complaints are like arrows shot up into the air at no target: and with no purpose they only fall back upon our own heads and destroy ourselves.
I got a way to get through to kids. I try to take that and use that to my advantage. If we work on the kids right now, I'm telling you, they'll be making less mistakes, the jails will be gettin' less full. It's all about what we do with the kids.
Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you might not have any flour; well, I'll give you some of mine.
I support gay marriage. I believe they have a right to be as miserable as the rest of us.
I believe humans have a soul that continues to exist after they die, but I don't know what form that will take.
I feel that for years of teaching in the country and reading criticism in books, I feel like the things most needed in our culture are the understanding of the meanings of our music. We haven't done that good of job teaching our kids what our music means or how we developed our taste in music that reminds us and teaches us who we are.
I don't rely on catchphrases or really like sing-along. I just do whatever I feel. Whatever the beat makes me say, I do that and I run with that. It's been working for me, so I'd be cool with that.
Fans always tell me I'm beautiful, but no one will ever be as beautiful as them.
I don't date my girlfriend because she's a model. I date her because I love her.
Putting out music as it's made, versus holding it until an album's finished, allows me to be more timely and maintain balance.
I live in a house with four women. Just shut up and say, Yes, ma'am.
You have to get up and plant the seed and see if it grows, but you can't just wait around, you have to water it and take care of it.