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It's not that I have compromised or anything, but it's always been important to me to take good care of myself and be a good example. I'm not much a role model in terms of hair care, though.
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Pop music has always been about the mainstream and what appeals to the public.
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To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom.
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My parents were very well read. They were both New Englanders, not highly educated, but they had a sophisticated... they were both very humanistic, and they were sophisticated readers.
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I liked being on stage; I just didn't like the theatrical aspect of being in front of people.
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I was actually born in Chicago, and then when I was a toddler, my parents moved to Philadelphia.
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My dad got a job in a factory in Philadelphia, so I was raised in Germantown in a sort of a barracks for soldiers. They had housing for temporary housing. And then my parents saved money and bought a little house in South Jersey, built on a swamp.
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When I did 'Horses,' I never expected to make another album.
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I work to Glenn Gould in the morning and go to sleep listening to Parsifal.
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Rock n' roll is dream soup, what's your brand?
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When I was a young girl, I'd love giving book reports.
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Throughout my life, I happily deferred to family, companions, children.
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I'm a human being, I'm a friend, I'm a mom, I'm a writer, and I'm an artist. I do play electric guitar and all of that, but in the end, I'm just a person.
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I am still a very optimistic person. I continue to do work with joy.
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The only thing I daydreamed about was being an opera singer. But I was so skinny and so pathetic that that sort of wasn't going to happen.
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My father's mother was from Liverpool and she had this very beautiful English china. I only wanted to drink my cocoa out of my grandmother's cup and saucer.
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I don't think public life in and of itself can destroy you. I think it's the way people react to it, and some people are more sturdy than others... I don't think any one faction can be blamed for a person's self destruction - a certain amount of that has to be innate.
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Bringing good news is imparting hope to one's fellow man. The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times.
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Since I was a child, I hated having to deal with my hair. I hated having to change my clothes. As a kid, I had a sailor shirt and the same old corduroy pants, and that's what I wanted to wear everyday.
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I just do my work, and I work every day, and my ambition is just to do something better than I last did.
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What I wanted in life always was to write something as good as 'Pinocchio.' I wanted to write. I wanted to evolve. I wanted to grow.
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I've always thrived on the encouragement of others.
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I personally am not interested in people trying to pigeonhole me.
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I'm not part of any movement; I don't like being fettered.
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