I was trying to mix Kraftwerk and the Stooges and all these different kinds of things. People just didn't understand it.
“I was trying to mix Kraftwerk and the Stooges and all these different kinds of things. People just didn't understand it.”
The World Motivation
I was trying to mix Kraftwerk and the Stooges and all these different kinds of things. People just didn't understand it.
“I was trying to mix Kraftwerk and the Stooges and all these different kinds of things. People just didn't understand it.”
I was trying to mix Kraftwerk and the Stooges and all these different kinds of things. People just didn't understand it.
When everything's gone, that's what we have: each other and combinations of each other.
I had a big lump in my throat, I could see it and I didn't do anything about it. Eventually, I went to the doctor. Luckily for me, I didn't have to have any chemotherapy - it was a quite contained type of cancer. It made me think a lot about what I wanted out of life.
Actually, there's one PVC costume I got. I was on the official Electroclash tour of 2001, and I had this band W.I.T. come onstage and throw cream pies at me while I sang. The cream pie on PVC never washed out.
Music has always been a great solace for me. It's still something that gives me far more joy than movies, I must say. I love movies, too. But somehow, music can transport you. There are so many different kinds of experiences you can have with music.
I listen to a lot of different kinds of music.
I love Coney Island. I saw all different kinds of people - Russian, Italian, black, Puerto Rican, rich people in Sea Gate and in the co-ops. You'd see people in the co-ops or in the houses, and it was like, Man, I wish I could have this. I wish my mother and father could buy me this. Me being an independent thinker, I was like, I'm gonna get that.
People can have many different kinds of pleasure. The real one is that for which they will forsake the others.
Some people in power prefer to stick by the oppressions that they've built up, and not give women their rights. Why do we have International Women's Day? We should have it every day, but we're still fighting. It almost feels as if women themselves are niche, but for no reason.