But I always wound up being the damn John, when I wanted to be the Paul.

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Rock is all about writing your own script; it's all about pioneering.

Rock is all about writing your own script; it's all about pioneering.

I did not want to make the widow record. I still haven't made the widow...

I did not want to make the widow record. I still haven't made the widow...

I'm ultimately a widow and a single mother, who's not even getting to be a...

I'm ultimately a widow and a single mother, who's not even getting to be a...

I might lie a lot but never in my lyrics.

I might lie a lot but never in my lyrics.

I am just the classic person who wants to learn stuff. I want good tutors,...

I am just the classic person who wants to learn stuff. I want good tutors,...

I don't need plastic in my body to validate me as a woman.

I don't need plastic in my body to validate me as a woman.

I'll always prefer to play with women and hang out with women, and I'll always...

I'll always prefer to play with women and hang out with women, and I'll always...

Being famous is just like being in high school. But I'm not interested in being...

Being famous is just like being in high school. But I'm not interested in being...

Being a rock widow is not my job, so I would hire people to do...

Being a rock widow is not my job, so I would hire people to do...

Only dumb people are happy.

Only dumb people are happy.

I'm clean and sober for over a year and no one seems to care! They're...

I'm clean and sober for over a year and no one seems to care! They're...

I think Andy Kaufman is to comedy what the Velvet Underground was to music -...

I think Andy Kaufman is to comedy what the Velvet Underground was to music -...

Kurt had this dumb suicidal ideation - that's what I called it. I thought if...

Kurt had this dumb suicidal ideation - that's what I called it. I thought if...

Much of my high-jinx have been drug-related. When you're under 30, whatever, but once you're...

Much of my high-jinx have been drug-related. When you're under 30, whatever, but once you're...

In rock stardom there's an absolute economic upside to self-destruction.

In rock stardom there's an absolute economic upside to self-destruction.

The only thing that's really riled me up in the last ten years has been...

The only thing that's really riled me up in the last ten years has been...

I'm a catalogue artist: I compete with Bob Dylan.

I'm a catalogue artist: I compete with Bob Dylan.

It's a radical time for musicians, a really revolutionary time, and I believe revolutions like...

It's a radical time for musicians, a really revolutionary time, and I believe revolutions like...

I'm a survivor, at least that's what everyone tells me.

I'm a survivor, at least that's what everyone tells me.

Movie stars are supposed to be healthy. They're kept happy and nutritionally together.

Movie stars are supposed to be healthy. They're kept happy and nutritionally together.