I don't go to mythical places with strange men.
I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.
Isolation is a big part of songwriting.
If I start feeling down I'll gorge myself on pasta. That usually does the trick. It's the Italian blood in me.
Saving animals is as simple as choosing synthetic alternatives instead of real fur.
It was only cool to have blond hair and be a surfer chick [in Sydney]. I could learn how to surf, but I still looked Italian. It took me a long time to realize that was a good thing.
Ignore reality, there's nothing you can do about it.
It is a disgrace to let ignorance and vanity do more with us than prudence and principle.
When Apollo 13 appeared as an opportunity and I began to tackle that in as authentic a way as I possibly could, I really became enthralled by the philosophical side of space travel, and why we need to explore - what it means to us here on Earth - all of those things. I became a huge proponent.
I am thankful that thorns have roses.
A major of colored troops is here with his party capturing negroes, with or without their consent. . . . They are being conscripted.