Debbie Harry

“I don't mind if my skull ends up on a shelf as long as it's got my name on it.”

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

“We probably, as primitive people, made music before we actually had a language, and that's where language comes from.”

“If I were to do a foundation, it would be to promote solar energy. And I'm worried about drilling for oil. I think it is harming the earth, 'cos it drains the layer of oil under the surface, and that could be causing earthquakes. It's like we're giving the earth arthritis. I don't know if that sounds crazy.”

“I could be a housewife... I guess I've vacuumed a couple of times.”

“I've had some lovely extraordinary experiences on New Year's Eve.”

“I'm a culture vulture, and I just want to experience it all.”

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

“Music has its own emotional embodiment. It carries an emotion with it. When you associate a lyric with the music, it's much easier; but when you're standing there completely dry in front of the camera with no musical background, just a fine-tuned, get-this-emotional-story across, it's a very, very intense kind of focus.”

“You always fall for the rascal or the guy who's got a little bit of the devil in him. You can't help it.”

“The word 'iconic' is used too frequently - an icon is a statue carved in wood. It was shocking at first, when I got that reference. It was a responsibility, and it's impossible to live up to - you're supposed to be dead, for one thing.”

“It's amazing to me to see how bands evolve and how they take all their influences and come up with their own sound.”

“But computers have changed the world for everyone, so there will be some way of working it out.”

“I guess people assume I have some sort of totally magical life, but I'm a working musician, fortunately. I've worked on my craft, and I'm very fortunate I've been able to survive in a very competitive industry and enjoy my success. It's not easy.”

“We wanted to enjoy what we were doing and we had business things we had to straighten out and personnel problems and it sort of took a little time to do it.”

“And living in a metropolitan area which is ethnically diverse, our lives are very complicated, so our emotional experiences are going to be varied like that.”

“And New Year's Eve is very, very important to me.”

“That was the impetus for me to do music or art, because I knew if I didn't try when I was young, then I would get to be in my 40's and I'd be really unhappy that I hadn't.”

“I have a lot of regrets, but I'm not going to think of them as regrets.”

“Capote wrote every day. He said that's the only way, you have to sit down every day and do it.”