Quotes from Debbie Harry

I think that G-O-D is like the answer to a formula for creating life.

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.

The word 'iconic' is used too frequently - an icon is a statue carved in wood. It was shocking at first, when I got that reference. It was a responsibility, and it's impossible to live up to - you're supposed to be dead, for one thing.

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.

In music the mystical element is definitely there all the time, and one can see it.

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.

I have a lot of regrets, but I'm not going to think of them as regrets.

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

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.

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.

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

Something's that written out is okay, but it's not always a clear indication of what a person means.

Christina Aguilera is an incredible musician and singer.

Lately I've been believing that music predates speech.

Music has its own emotional embodiment. It carries an emotion with it. When you associate a lyric with the music, it's much easier; but when you're standing there completely dry in front of the camera with no musical background, just a fine-tuned, get-this-emotional-story across, it's a very, very intense kind of focus.

Being hot never hurts!

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

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.

I always work on New Year's Eve, no matter what.

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.

New York has always been a city of change and a city about change, and it is a back-leading development. Nobody's going to want to come to New York if it looks like another strip mall.

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.