I've learned a great deal about music through my experiences. I've learned of its sanctity. Of its holiness. I've learned read more

I've learned a great deal about music through my experiences. I've learned of its sanctity. Of its holiness. I've learned that music is a very powerful force, not to be trivialized or watered down or maufactured into soul-less, mindless drivel. Selling out to the corporate butcher would secure me a nice little place in hell, I knew. So I determined early on to make it on my own.

I'm a Hollywood Trainwreck.

I'm a Hollywood Trainwreck.

Hollywood amuses me. Holier-than-thou for the public and unholier-than-the-devil in reality

Hollywood amuses me. Holier-than-thou for the public and unholier-than-the-devil in reality

I don't get anything for free. I pay for all my beauty treatments."

I don't get anything for free. I pay for all my beauty treatments."

I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.

I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.

Is Hollywood the cruelest city in the world? Well, it can be. New York can be that, too. You can read more

Is Hollywood the cruelest city in the world? Well, it can be. New York can be that, too. You can be a Broadway star here one night, and something happens, and out--nobody knows you on the street. They forget you ever lived. It happens in Hollywood, too.

I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of human spirit in with the read more

I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes.

I never thought I'd land in pictures with a face like mine.

I never thought I'd land in pictures with a face like mine.

It's somehow symbolic of Hollywood that Tara was just a facade, with no rooms inside.

It's somehow symbolic of Hollywood that Tara was just a facade, with no rooms inside.