I was in Florida with Burt Stern, the photographer who shot Marilyn Monroe on the beach with a sweater, and we smoked a joint. The bathing suit kept coming off in the water, and I just ripped it off. I was very comfortable being naked.
I'm a person who takes baths in the dark, alone.
Criticism really used to hurt me. Most of these critics are usually frustrated artists, and they criticise other people's art because they can't do it themselves. It's a really disgusting job. They must feel horrible inside.
It's not fair that there aren't very many juicy or varied roles for women.
There will always be some kid who's the new Kurt Cobain writing great lyrics and singing from his soul. The problem is they're not marketing that anymore or putting it out there.
If things aren't going so well, I try to stay positive and not give in to negative thoughts.
I do resent that when you're in the most cool, powerful time of your life, which is your 40s, you're put out to pasture. I think women are so much cooler when they're older. So it's a drag that we're not allowed to age.
So many people put older women out to pasture.
I've never kept my mouth shut, especially as my industry is so misogynistic. I've got a reputation as a troublemaker.
Music is the universal language that everyone can understand.
