Debbie Harry

“Christina Aguilera is an incredible musician and singer.”

“But as a writer and performer, I want to get paid for what I do.”

“I really, really like writing songs.”

“Music does not carry you along. You have to carry it along strictly by your ability to really just focus on that little small kernel of emotion or story.”

“I thought I'd live to a ripe old age, because I always felt there was a lot to do. I had a driven feeling. I always thought in the present.”

“I turned on VH1 this morning just to get a little warm-up before I came over here, and I think it's just terrific. There's so much great stuff: diverse and wonderful music, good performances, great looking girls, great videos, the whole thing.”

“I mean I think that Blondie's influence is a little bit in a way more eclectic than those bands.”

“Something's that written out is okay, but it's not always a clear indication of what a person means.”

“But, you know, the issues of humanity and what is fair treatment and good treatment of a fellow human being should not really be based on a personal sense of right and wrong or judgment.”

“The only person I really believe in is me.”

“Music is wonderful. Especially if there's some kind of content to it.”

“I do know the effect that music still has on me - I'm completely vulnerable to it. I'm seduced by it.”

“I feel like I have to have a voice.”

“Being hot never hurts!”

“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.”

“I think it's a Blondie tradition that all of our albums sort of have a wide spread of styles.”

“I always say the new album is the best one yet. I always feel that - I really do, because it's the latest and it's the newest and it's a little bit better.”

“Lately I've been believing that music predates speech.”

“New York has always been a city of change and a city about change, and it is a back-leading development. Nobody's going to want to come to New York if it looks like another strip mall.”

“I get myself a gig somewhere, whether it's in a club, whether it's in a bar, it doesn't matter, and I just work on New Year's Eve because I always feel it's very symbolic for me for the next year, for the new year.”