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" Society tells you that when you're old you have to retire. You have to defy that. "

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" If you have too many quotes from other people in your head, you can't create. You have to keep your head empty. That's why I am constantly enjoying the sky, the park, the walk. "

" It is very difficult for us to know we love somebody because it is an insecure position to be in. But in the end, it is important to be honest about your love because life is not that long. "

" When you are totally depressed, you should try giggling. Just make yourself laugh. Force yourself to laugh. "

" Why do they cover Paul's songs but never mine? "

" After I was 70, I realized that, 'Okay, I would like to have another 50 years, and I probably could.' But part of me is saying, 'Maybe I'm not going to have that much time.' "

" We know that our cells are speaking to each other. "

" The war industry people are very together; they know exactly what they want; they don't even have to talk to each other. The peace industry people are just intellectuals who are very critical of each other... Unless the peace industry is powerful, we're always going to have war. It is as simple as that. "

" You can be very wild and still be very wise. "

" I thought art was a verb, rather than a noun. "

" The computer is my favourite invention. I feel lucky to be part of the global village. I don't mean to brag, but I'm so fast with technology. People think it all seems too much, but we'll get used to it. I'm sure it all seemed too much when we were learning to walk. "

" Distance doesn't exist, in fact, and neither does time. Vibrations from love or music can be felt everywhere, at all times. "

" People think that their world will get smaller as they get older. My experience is just the opposite. Your senses become more acute. You start to blossom. "

" Women are very intelligent and not appreciated. We try to pretend that we are not clever, and it's such a pity that we can't show how clever we are. "

" We're growing up together, the human race. And we've discovered a lot of things that we didn't know. We're finding our way. Instead of thinking about doomsday all the time, think about how beautiful the world is. We're all together, and together we're getting wiser. "

" DJs are in incredible competition, musically. And they are the most musically creative and sensitive people in all the music charts. I am amazed how they are. "

" Women artists are still treated differently from men. "

" I always believed that my work should be unfinished in the sense that I encourage people to add their creativity to it, either conceptually or physically. Back in the 1960s, I was calling for 'Unfinished Music,' number one, and number two, with my artwork - I was taking unfinished work into the gallery. And that's how I was looking at it. "

" People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us? "

" The human race is a very, very magical race. We have a magic power of witches and wizards. We're here on this earth to unravel the mystery of this planet. The planet is asking for it. "

" Artists are going to be the metronome of this society. "

" I am extremely rebellious. I have this strong, defiant spirit. "

" I'm free from holding personal anger because I can express what I want through my music. "

" In the Second World War, I was a little girl. I was evacuated in my country. "

" People don't remember each tree in a park but all of us benefit from the trees. And in a way, artists are like trees in a park. "

" I just go with the flow, so any style can be in my music - that makes it exciting. "

" I just like to explore all sorts of different forms - no, 'explore' is not even the word - enjoy. You don't want to limit yourself to a particular form. "

" My career? I never think of it as a 'career.' Art and music and all those things that I'm creating are just part of me. "

" Nobody's life is a bed of roses. We all have crosses to bear, and we all just do our best. I would never claim to have the worst situation. There are many widows, and many people dying of AIDS, many people killed in Lebanon, people starving all over the planet. So we have to count our lucky stars. "

" I'm not interested so much in collaboration. You see that from the history of my albums. "

" My first husband met me as a career woman, and the second did, too. I was lucky. "