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" Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable. "

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" God is all over the place. And even if He isn't, if it makes me feel good, why not? "

" People ask me why I don't paint oils. It takes too long. Cleaning brushes in linseed oil, and it takes six months to really dry, and all this. I don't have that kind of time. I work with acrylic. It's water based. You can clean it under water. If you spill it on yourself, you just throw it in the washing machine. "

" It's really a drag to sit around when you're old, and think, 'Ah, gee, I never went to France.' Go to France. Life is very short; you've got to pack it all in there. "

" Being in a rock n' roll band was like being in a Sherman tank. Nothing got to you. You were surrounded and protected by men. "

" I don't miss anything about the 1960s, not really. I did it. It's like asking, 'Do you miss the fourth grade?' I loved the fourth grade when I was in it, but I don't want to do it again. "

" The word 'success' - who's defining it? It's about whether or not it makes me feel good. Four billion people don't have to see or hear it. If I've enjoyed the process of creation and I'm at peace, then what happens next is just entertainment. If mass appeal were actually something, Marilyn Monroe wouldn't be dead. "

" Old people should be heard but not seen. Young people should be seen, not heard. "

" I think old people are scary. They remind you of your own death. People don't like to tell you that. "

" I'm a commercial artist, both in music and art. "

" There is an attitude that we should be able to have everything. No, you shouldn't be able to have anything. I'd like a helicopter, but I can't afford a helicopter, so I don't buy one. People are buying stuff they can't afford on credit. I bought my Ford hybrid with cash. "

" Mainly I make music, and you can do that until you drop dead. "

" I think of myself as a positive agnostic. I don't know, therefore I'm open. I don't know, therefore I'm interested. "

" Prancing around on stage is not the entire purpose of my life. "

" My parents were very open about what kind of talent I had. They never pushed me to become an accountant because they knew that would be just absolutely ridiculous. So they were encouraging in what I am able to do with some success. "

" I was a floor model at I. Magnin. I'm 5 feet 7, but my legs weren't long enough to be a big-time model. From the knees up, everything is long, but from ankle to knee, if I was in proportion, I'd be 5 feet 9. "

" It takes a little work to be a vegan, but now it's really possible to have tasty stuff and it's better for you. I say the best test is go as far as you can and see how you feel. Personally, I feel great. "

" You don't have to wear fur. They make such great fakes. There's no reason to kill an animal. "

" I find it amusing on one level, poignant on another, when people try to get recognition from an outside source. It's sad. "

" If you don't own the stage, you shouldn't be in rock n' roll. "

" I'm very fond of drugs. "

" Through your life, most people peel away the junk that's not useful, that's superfluous. You are determined to peel that away. I do one thing at a time. One man at a time. One car. One house. One child. One job. "

" In school, I learned about artists and how they were free to express themselves. I was allergic to conformity, and the lifestyle attracted me. I wanted to express myself in a way that slammed people up against the wall. "

" Things change so fast, you can't use 1971 ethics on someone born in 1971. "

" One good thing about television is that you have a lot of people with money who have real good cameras going around to all these countries. You haven't been there? Great. Turn on The History Channel or The Discovery Channel. So, we're lucky in that way. "

" The problem with hanging on to the '60s is that everyone thought they would go on forever. "

" I like being in a recording studio. I like watching a song go from the simplicity of the original music. "

" Starship was a whole different thing. It was pop rock. It made more money and had more hit songs than Airplane. There was no cultural or social ethic behind it. For me, it was like selling out. I was the only one selling out. The rest enjoyed doing what they were doing. "

" 'Feminist comedy,' practically an oxymoron, had a couple of good years after WWII. Chalk it up to the forced female autonomy that occurred during wartime, when Rosie the Riveter went to work in the factories, constructing the Allies' war machines while taking charge of the finances, the home, and the children. "

" Rock & roll is not obscure, it's really easy to understand. So is my painting. "

" I am not strict vegan, because I'm a hedonist pig. If I see a big chocolate cake that is made with eggs, I'll have it. "