Debbie Harry Quotes

• "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."
• "Chris really loved the Stones, Clem was originally a Deadhead, Jimmy was into Procol Harum and I was into girl singers."
• "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 am the party!"
• "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 like to hear people talking."
• "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."
• "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."