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.

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.

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