“Disappointment came to me,and booted me,and bruised and hurt me,but that's how people grow up.”

“Diazapam (that's valium), temazepam, lithium, ECT, HRT - how long must I stay on this stuff? Don't give me anymore!”

“How can anybody say they know how I feel? The only one around here who is me, is ME.”

“To me you are a work of art, and I would give you my heart - that's if I had one.”

“I was never young. This idea of fun: cars, girls, saturday night, bottle of wine... to me, these things are morbid. I was always attracted to people with the same problems as me. It doesn't help when most of them are dead.”

“Don't talk to me about people who are nice, 'cause I've spent my whole life in ruins over people who are nice.”

“That's why I do this music business thing, it's communication with people without having the extreme inconvenience of actually phoning anybody up.”