That was the impetus for me to do music or art, because I knew if I didn't try when I was young, then I would get to be in my 40's and I'd be really unhappy that I hadn't.

Capote wrote every day. He said that's the only way, you have to sit down every day and do it.

I don't mind if my skull ends up on a shelf as long as it's got my name on it.

I've had some lovely extraordinary experiences on New Year's Eve.

And living in a metropolitan area which is ethnically diverse, our lives are very complicated, so our emotional experiences are going to be varied like that.

I feel like I have to have a voice.

I think it's a Blondie tradition that all of our albums sort of have a wide spread of styles.

We wanted to enjoy what we were doing and we had business things we had to straighten out and personnel problems and it sort of took a little time to do it.

I really, really like writing songs.

I get myself a gig somewhere, whether it's in a club, whether it's in a bar, it doesn't matter, and I just work on New Year's Eve because I always feel it's very symbolic for me for the next year, for the new year.

And New Year's Eve is very, very important to me.

I'm a culture vulture, and I just want to experience it all.

You always fall for the rascal or the guy who's got a little bit of the devil in him. You can't help it.

I always work on New Year's Eve, no matter what.

Something's that written out is okay, but it's not always a clear indication of what a person means.

Christina Aguilera is an incredible musician and singer.

I always say the new album is the best one yet. I always feel that - I really do, because it's the latest and it's the newest and it's a little bit better.

Music is wonderful. Especially if there's some kind of content to it.

We probably, as primitive people, made music before we actually had a language, and that's where language comes from.

But, you know, the issues of humanity and what is fair treatment and good treatment of a fellow human being should not really be based on a personal sense of right and wrong or judgment.

I turned on VH1 this morning just to get a little warm-up before I came over here, and I think it's just terrific. There's so much great stuff: diverse and wonderful music, good performances, great looking girls, great videos, the whole thing.

That was the impetus for me to do music or art, because I knew if I didn't try when I was young, then I would get to be in my 40's and I'd be really unhappy that I hadn't.

I mean I think that Blondie's influence is a little bit in a way more eclectic than those bands.

I have a lot of regrets, but I'm not going to think of them as regrets.

And I wasn't convinced that I was the most talented person in the world.

But computers have changed the world for everyone, so there will be some way of working it out.

Lately I've been believing that music predates speech.

I love the ACLU and I'm concerned now, especially when it comes to our rights, with current politics and the religious community and the Conservative majority or minority - I don't know who they are.

But as a writer and performer, I want to get paid for what I do.

I do know the effect that music still has on me - I'm completely vulnerable to it. I'm seduced by it.

Being hot never hurts!

I could be a housewife... I guess I've vacuumed a couple of times.

I guess people assume I have some sort of totally magical life, but I'm a working musician, fortunately. I've worked on my craft, and I'm very fortunate I've been able to survive in a very competitive industry and enjoy my success. It's not easy.

If I were to do a foundation, it would be to promote solar energy. And I'm worried about drilling for oil. I think it is harming the earth, 'cos it drains the layer of oil under the surface, and that could be causing earthquakes. It's like we're giving the earth arthritis. I don't know if that sounds crazy.

It's amazing to me to see how bands evolve and how they take all their influences and come up with their own sound.

Music has its own emotional embodiment. It carries an emotion with it. When you associate a lyric with the music, it's much easier; but when you're standing there completely dry in front of the camera with no musical background, just a fine-tuned, get-this-emotional-story across, it's a very, very intense kind of focus.

New York has always been a city of change and a city about change, and it is a back-leading development. Nobody's going to want to come to New York if it looks like another strip mall.

The only person I really believe in is me.

The word 'iconic' is used too frequently - an icon is a statue carved in wood. It was shocking at first, when I got that reference. It was a responsibility, and it's impossible to live up to - you're supposed to be dead, for one thing.

Art teaches nothing, except the significance of life.

The principal rule of art is to please and to move. All the other rules were created to achieve this first one.

I grew up with art from the innocent age of ten - with art, but with no sense of identity.

One does not devote one's life in art to shock an audience.

The other great development has been in photography, but that too was influenced by Conceptual art.

My art became very public.

Riding a race bike is an art - a thing that you do because you feel something inside.

The idea is, if I can't heal from my art, then how can you heal?

But in the finished art of the song the use of words has no connection with the use of words in poetry.

One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train.