"Why are we, the most medicalized of societies, a culture in pain?"

“In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.”

“You can never escape me. Bullets don't harm me. Nothing harms me. But I know pain. I KNOW pain. Sometimes I share it. With someone like you.”

“Most of the time I sit down with my guitar or at the piano, and I play for awhile until I get a new riff or groove that I like a lot. Then I'll concentrate on building around that line of thought by adding words and textures. At first I'm only trying to please myself, and hopefully what I like will appeal to others.”

Source : "Swingin' Chicks of the '60s: A Tribute to 101 of the Decade's Defining Women". Book by Chris Strodder, 2000.

“Booze is the most outrageous of drugs which is why I chose it.”

“Iran has, by virtue of its growth and by virtue of the United States' mistakes in Iraq, tilted the balance of power in the Middle East. That is the case, but that doesn't necessarily mean it is a threat.”

“A warrior can be injured but not offended. For a warrior there is nothing offensive about the acts of her fellow human beings, as long as she herself is acting in the proper mood.”

“There's no school you can go to where you can study how to run a record label. Every day was a learning experience.”

“Court an idea as long as you like, but be careful before marrying it.”