A lot of the bands were really, really different and a lot of them actually didn't become huge but I think were hugely influential.
And I wasn't convinced that I was the most talented person in the world.
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 most bands have one particular style or sound that they do, and we have our own sound but we do a lot of different styles.
And New Year's Eve is very, very important to me.
But as a writer and performer, I want to get paid for what I do.
But computers have changed the world for everyone, so there will be some way of working it out.
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.
Capote wrote every day. He said that's the only way, you have to sit down every day and do it.
Christina Aguilera is an incredible musician and singer.
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.
I always work on New Year's Eve, no matter what.
I do know the effect that music still has on me - I'm completely vulnerable to it. I'm seduced by it.
I don't mind if my skull ends up on a shelf as long as it's got my name on it.
I feel like I have to have a voice.
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.
I have a lot of regrets, but I'm not going to think of them as regrets.
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 mean I think that Blondie's influence is a little bit in a way more eclectic than those bands.
I really, really like writing songs.
I think it's a Blondie tradition that all of our albums sort of have a wide spread of styles.
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'm a culture vulture, and I just want to experience it all.
I'm very proud of the fact that I was in two really interesting movies in the last year: one was Spun and the other was My Life Without Me.
I've had some lovely extraordinary experiences on New Year's Eve.
Lately I've been believing that music predates speech.
Morality should have to do with killing people or hurting them or stealing from them, but when it comes to adult choices, I don't see it.
Music is wonderful. Especially if there's some kind of content to it.
Something's that written out is okay, but it's not always a clear indication of what a person means.
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.
The radio stations have become big conglomerates, so the programming has become more unified throughout the whole country.
There was some healthy competition going on, but it wasn't about the music itself.
We probably, as primitive people, made music before we actually had a language, and that's where language comes from.
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.
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.