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.

Remember when you used to watch TV in the '60s and you'd see Perry Como in a cashmere sweater? That's what rock'n'roll is becoming. It's your parents' music.

The king is gone but he's not forgotten.

When an angel comes down and takes me away, memories of me and my songs will always stay until the end of time.

A hundred years from now, people will listen to the music of the Beatles the same way we listen to Mozart.

When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance.