Debbie Harry Inspirational Quotes (32)

And I wasn't convinced that I was the most talented person in the world.

If you were a painter and a rock and roll musi­cian and weren't established in either - to be an artist today you have to be as much a businessman to suc­ceed, you have to spend an equal amount of time doing business as you spend doing your craft.

It's scary times for humanity, it seems. But as my octogenarian father tells me, The world has seen harder times, and the world will survive. The arc of history is long, and the mess we're currently making is just a blip.

I always work on New Year's Eve, no matter what.

I always think of a voice as an instrument, whether a voice is a trumpet, or violin, or bass. You know what I mean? A horn or wind instrument versus a string instrument. Horn instruments are definitely more toward jazz.

I do have fantasies of buying a helicopter and a lot of machine guns, but I don't know if I can do that. I'd like to have a lot of weapons, grenades and things. And I want to have a solar energy machine. And I want to have a sunken garden with a glass roof. I guess that's about it for now. I have a few other wants but I can't remember them.

I think, actually, that rock and roll is a misconception. It should no longer be a term for music.

I love the ACLU and I'm concerned now, especially when it comes to our rights, with current politics and the religious community and the Conservative majority or minority - I don't know who they are.