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I was so unhealthy as a child...

I was so unhealthy as a child, and at least three or four times my parents were told to get ready, that I would not make it.

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The thing is, it's not uncool...

The thing is, it's not uncool to worry about people who seem like they're going on the wrong path. There's nothing cool about being self-destructive.

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It's no secret - I love detec...

It's no secret - I love detective fiction. One of the reasons I love being in London is because I like to watch all the shows on TV. I watch them all. I like 'Detective Frost.'

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I knew William Burroughs real...

I knew William Burroughs really well, and I was always star struck being around him. I adored him.

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Since childhood, it was my dr...

Since childhood, it was my dream to go where all the poets and artists had been. Rimbaud, Artaud, Brancusi, Camus, Picasso, Bresson, Goddard, Jeanne Moreau, Juliette Greco, everybody - Paris for me was a Mecca.

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I personally am not intereste...

I personally am not interested in people trying to pigeonhole me.

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When I'm writing a book, I do...

When I'm writing a book, I don't have any responsibility to anyone. I'm solitary. I'm writing on my own. I write by hand. And I write every day. I mean, it's part of my daily discipline.

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Truthfully, I don't really th...

Truthfully, I don't really think of myself as a photographer. I don't have all the disciplines and knowledge of a person who's spent their life devoted to photography.

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I felt alien my whole life, b...

I felt alien my whole life, but I didn't feel alien because of my gender. Other people made me aware of my gender.

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We never threw a record toget...

We never threw a record together. Each record was done really seriously, as if our life depended on it.

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The moment of creative impuls...

The moment of creative impulse is what an artist gives you. You look at a Pollock, and it can't give you the tools to do a painting like that yourself, but in doing the work, Pollock shares with you the moment of creative impulse that drove him to do that work.

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People came at me with all so...

People came at me with all sorts of offers, wanting to make me into a hard-core Cher. I had no desire for any amount of money to be reformed for someone's vision, because in the end, that's what you got: your clay in someone else's hands.

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I am not really certain how o...

I am not really certain how original my contribution to music is as I am obviously an amateur.

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In fact, I thought my calling...

In fact, I thought my calling was to be a painter.

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When I stopped performing for...

When I stopped performing for 16 years and lived in Michigan and was married and raising my children, I wrote about four or five books. I haven't published them. I just haven't gotten around to it for several reasons.

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I'm not saying I wasn't flawe...

I'm not saying I wasn't flawed or amateurish. But you can never say I did anything to appease the music business.

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Let's just say that I think a...

Let's just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in sense of duty.

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Sure I destroyed my guitar at...

Sure I destroyed my guitar at every concert, but it was okay, because I'd always get a shiny new one the very next day.

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I came into music because I t...

I came into music because I thought the presentation of poetry wasn't vibrant enough. So I merged improvised poetry with basic rock chords. That was my original mission.

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As an artist, I used to think...

As an artist, I used to think that my responsibility was to do good work. But I had to learn from the '70s on that being a public figure presents another aspect of responsibility.

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