All my life I just wanted to be a beatnik. Meet all the heavies, get stoned, get laid, have a good time. That's all I ever wanted. Except I knew I had a good voice and I could always get a couple of beers off of it. All of a sudden someone threw me in this rock 'n' roll band. They threw these musicians at me, man, and the sound was coming from behind. The bass was charging me. And I decided then and there that that was it. I never wanted to do anything else. It was better than it had been with any man, you know. Maybe that's the trouble.

I finally made up my mind I wanted to be an actress and I was not going to let my lack of confidence ruin my chances.

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

I sacrifice in my love life and my social life, but those things will be there in three or four years. This is a really important time in my life. I can't just be the girl who sang 'I Kissed a Girl.' I have to leave a legacy.

For me, life is writing and I can do it anywhere. It doesn't matter where I am. I listen. I write. I live.

It vexes me greatly that having to earn my living has forced me to interrupt the work and to attend to small matters.