Debbie Harry Quotes

I mean I think that Blondie’s influence is a little bit in a way more eclectic than those bands.

Rock and roll is a misconception. It should no longer be a term for music.

If you were a painter and a rock and roll musi­cian and weren’t established in either – to be an artist today you have to be as much a businessman to suc­ceed, you have to spend an equal amount of time doing business as you spend doing your craft.

I really, really like writing songs. Capote wrote every day. He said that’s the only way, you have to sit down every day and do it…Something that’s written out is okay, but it’s not always a clear indication of what a person means.

You have to leave room for the other person’s ego.

How can one be a woman and not be a feminist? That’s my question.

Lately I’ve been believing that music predates speech.

We probably, as primitive people, made music before we actually had a language, and that’s where language comes from.

I don’t mind if my skull ends up on a shelf as long as it’s got my name on it.

I do know the effect that music still has on me – I’m completely vulnerable to it. I’m seduced by it.

That was always what I felt was the beauty of Rock ‘n’ Roll, it was entertainment and showbiz yet it had the idea of the voice of the people, it had an essence to it which was socially motivated. Not that I want to change to world, you know? But it was sort of relevant to real life, it involved the real essence of poetry or the real essence of fine art. But it was also entertainment. That was the real vitality.

Morality should have to do with killing people or hurting them or stealing from them, but when it comes to adult choices, I don’t see it.