I'm not a professional entertainer. I'm not Neil Diamond.

- Cat Power

I got told I needed a producer I don't know how many times - maybe 27 times, 30? Then I recently got told 'I'm so proud of you.' That was even more great to hear.

- Cat Power

Playing the guitar, you kind of lock into a rhythm and a groove, and then it relaxes me to make up lyrics and sing.

- Cat Power

People tend to think I'm insane, and I'm really tired of it.

- Cat Power

I need to be able to face things.

- Cat Power

I moved to Los Angeles to be with a man I loved.

- Cat Power

Hip-hop and R&B is mostly what I listen to. I don't have a connection with punk rock - I just never had that experience.

- Cat Power

Everybody tends to think I'm crazy, which is the biggest problem in my life.

- Cat Power

I used to want to be a war photographer, and I used to want to be a ballerina and a comedian. I used to want to be a writer. I invalidated myself; it's a mistake for me.

- Cat Power

From folk to tribal to Cab Calloway, Cole Porter, Gershwin to the Rolling Stones, whose first record was all covers, to country-western, bebop, blues, and even the referencing in classic hip hop to cliched love ballads of the '80s or whatever - that is kinda gone, and that's just terrifying to me.

- Cat Power

People and their religions don't affect me.

- Cat Power

Nobody considers a covers record an album.

- Cat Power

If your parents gave you fire to play with when you were two, you'd be standing in fire by the time you were an adult.

- Cat Power

I've always dressed like a dude.

- Cat Power

Life is hard and it gets worse and worse and worse.

- Cat Power

I still haven't been able to capture the joy of what it's like when I sing - you know, when I'm by myself, or like when I was a little kid.

- Cat Power

Usually, I'll just sit down at a piano or with a guitar, and I'll just be relaxed and playing music. Because that's what relaxes your subconscious. That's why everyone from animals to humans love music.

- Cat Power

I got told so many times I needed a manager. For a long time I resisted, and I finally got one so I can pay my mortgage, and it helped me from becoming a homeless person.

- Cat Power

We're always going to remind ourselves of our mistakes and how we do things differently, trying to be a better person or whatever.

- Cat Power

I've never had a clique. It's impossible when you're always traveling.

- Cat Power