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" When I got pregnant, I had to concentrate on being pregnant for a whole nine months, even though I knew it was ruining my career at the time. "

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" I think energy is the most important thing that we can give to people as performers. Anything else is a little bit pretentious. But energy is not. "

" I always thought that I was an important musician. If you don't have that confidence, why would you go on and do it? "

" I travel a lot, so when I arrive in a city, I like to go to good local bookshops and make a selection based on how I'm feeling and what I'm thinking. The book I pick usually seems to have a definite karmic connection! "

" Power is power. It's energy. And if you get big, big energy, you can use that in a good way. "

" Fracking kills, and it doesn't just kill us. It kills the land, nature and, eventually, the whole world. "

" I did not break up the Beatles. You can't have it both ways. If you're going to blame me for breaking the Beatles up, you should be thankful that I made them into myth rather than a crumbling group. "

" Performance art is going to be the future. Plays on Broadway are so restricted. But performance art is like haikus, just one line thing. And it's more casual but more interesting. "

" If a woman writes about a domestic situation, everyone automatically assumes that it's about her. "

" I just want to be healthy and stay alive and keep my family going and everything and keep my friends going and try to do something so that this world will be peaceful. That is the most ambitious and the most difficult thing, but I'm there trying to do it. "

" Bad stories are written about me because the press knows they can make me into a weeping dog and few people will object. "

" Women have become stronger, and there's a backlash. Men have become terribly possessive. I find it much easier to get on with women. "

" The cynicism that you have is not your real soul. "

" But only art and music have the power to bring peace. "

" Even my mother told me: 'You are a handsome woman, but you're not pretty. Pretty girls don't have those big bones.' "

" I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it. "

" I'm kind of honored to be a dragon lady. The dragon is a very powerful, mythical animal. "

" I never want projects to be finished; I have always believed in unfinished work. I got that from Schubert, you know, the 'Unfinished Symphony.' "

" I respect Lady Gaga very much. "

" Artists and musicians of the Sixties were definitely into clothes. "

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

" I get very nervous before I get on the stage, but once I'm on the stage, I'm just, you know, me. Nothing hurts me. "

" We live too long for one marriage. "

" The sky is always there for me, while my life has been going through many, many changes. When I look up the sky, it gives me a nice feeling, like looking at an old friend. "

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

" Music is like my security blanket. "

" I think that there is a sort of spiritual power that is translating into our bodies as we perform. Performers give, and giving is so important. It can heal. That is my experience, anyway. "

" Money is not everything. We don't need billions and trillions of dollars. "

" War is over if you want it. "