Starting out really punk came from not knowing any better and listening to music like that, not knowing how to play music - well, still not knowing how to play music.

It's funny how something so normal and mundane that you see every day-your body-can be controversial. The shock value is intense. It's like carrying an art piece around with you all the time.

Even if you're only wearing trainers and a vest, eyeliner will instantly transform you. People always look put-together when their make-up's on and their eyes are popping - just ask Amy Winehouse!

Even talking, I'm super-loud. I could never have that kind of meek, little wispy whimsical lavender and lace voice. It comes from my body. There's no way I can fight it.

All this fashion stuff - who's cool now - is just a bigger version of the cool kids versus the nerds.

I'm a great believer in karma and the vengeance that it serves up to those who are deliberately mean is generally enough for me.

I'm passionate about color. My best friend and I sit and look at Pantone books for fun.

I'm not sure that I am able to feel embarrassment.

I've belched a lot more since I had gall bladder surgery. I don't know why.

I'm naturally a mousy blonde, so I dye my hair, and my eyebrows would disappear if I didn't get through at least a pencil a month.

I'm shameless, and I love a pun. There's a lot of Beth puns.

Salary is the currency that is gotten from mortgaging your life and time

It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.

At the end of all things, why do lovers break up? Because love is magic. You have to believe, for it to exist.

All you have to do to be a camera actor is tell the truth.

When your mother starts using the word "party" as a verb about her kid, that's absolutely crazy.

Of persons I will say this: it is difficult to tell when they are running aright but easy to see when something has gone awry.

I would rather be called funny than pretty.

I think all of us, politicians and churchmen, should do our utmost to change the society so that there would be no need for violence.

The perils of overwork are slight compared with the dangers of inactivity.