Debbie Harry Quotes

“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 New Year's Eve is very, very important to me.”

“Being hot never hurts!”

“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 could be a housewife... I guess I've vacuumed a couple of times.”

“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 guess people assume I have some sort of totally magical life, but I'm a working musician, fortunately. I've worked on my craft, and I'm very fortunate I've been able to survive in a very competitive industry and enjoy my success. It's not easy.”

“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 think that people in general, whether they are male or female, who are inhibited by the clichés of what women are or what men are, really don't like themselves. Because personality traits are not necessarily sexual.”

“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'm against the idea that rock stars have to live a life that's completely understandable or predictable to their audience....Maybe I'll just be the mysterious figure that'll never be able to truly be defined. Maybe that's what my thing is.”

“I've had some lovely extraordinary experiences on New Year's Eve.”

“If I were to do a foundation, it would be to promote solar energy. And I'm worried about drilling for oil. I think it is harming the earth, 'cos it drains the layer of oil under the surface, and that could be causing earthquakes. It's like we're giving the earth arthritis. I don't know if that sounds crazy.”

“It's amazing to me to see how bands evolve and how they take all their influences and come up with their own sound.”

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

“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.”