“Courage and willingness to just go for it, whether it is a conversation or a spontaneous trip or trying new things that are scary - it is a really attractive quality.”
Courage“I didn't want to be one of those women who wake up at 63 years old and realize they've missed the window of opportunity for marriage and children.”
Marriage“Courage and willingness to just go for it, whether it is a conversation or a spontaneous trip or trying new things that are scary - it is a really attractive quality.”
Courage“I didn't want to be one of those women who wake up at 63 years old and realize they've missed the window of opportunity for marriage and children.”
Marriage“I thought the more famous I became, the more friendships I would have, but the opposite was true.”
Famous“I think it's child abuse to have someone in the public eye too young. Society basically values wealth and fame and power at the cost of well-being. In the case of a child, it's at the cost of someone's natural development. It's already hard enough to develop.”
Power“I was always such a people-watcher. I would sit on street corners alone and watch people and make up stories about them in my head. Then, all of a sudden, I was the one being watched.”
Alone“A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.”
Good“I've been really enjoying writing articles and writing music and music for movies.”
Movies“Ageism works in both directions. As a teenager in the public eye, people would talk condescendingly to me. When you get older there's this feeling that you have to start carving up your face and body. Right now I'm in the middle ground - I think women in their thirties are taken seriously.”
Women“I started playing piano when I was 6. And I knew that wanted to be involved in that form of expression, whether it was through music, or acting, or dancing, or painting, or writing.”
Music“I did commit to myself that I would not jump back into being the workaholic that I can be before I gave myself an honest opportunity to create the marriage of my dreams and to create the beginning of the family of my dreams, and that took a hot second.”
Dreams“Music will always be a part of my life. I love music and I don't care how many units I sell.”
Music“If I could sell 500 million records every time, it would be great. But I've also had the luxury experience of having it when I was a teenager, in a very kind of model version of it.”
Experience“I have a profound empathy for people who are in the public eye, whether they manifest it themselves or whether it happened by accident - it doesn't matter to me. I think there's a great misunderstanding of what it is to be famous.”
Famous“At some point, I would like to write a book and other things, but I work best when there is some sort of deadline in my own mind, but not when fifty people or fifty million people are breathing down the back of my neck.”
Best“For four to six months at a time, I would barely eat. I lived on a diet of Melba toast, carrots, and black coffee.”
Diet“America's a very traumatized society.”
Society“I saw music as a way to entertain people and take them away from their daily lives and put smiles on their faces, as opposed to what I see it being now, which is a way for me to actually communicate, and a way for me to tap into my subconscious.”
Music“I live with some of my best friends from high school, very commune-like, in my house. It's my hippie way of life.”
Best“We're taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they're of equal value to happiness, excitement and inspiration.”
Anger“Making a movie requires 20 to 500 people to make and a lot of money and the stakes are a lot higher.”
Money