I think the most exciting thing is that you expect people our age to know the music but actually a lot of kids know the music and if anything is left we have left really good music and that's the important part not the mop-tops or whatever.

If children are not introduced to music at an early age I believe something fundamental is actually being taken from them.

I think that clearly it has an influence to be coming of age during the punk rock era to come from a difficult and sporadically violent background to have been in and out of such chaos I think it actually helps. But I don't know for sure.

Some of your teachers are actually closer in age to you than you think.

This is what I asked for and in this day and age that's what actually goes on. But what hurts me the most is that I work just as hard as any other actress around my age like Scarlett Johansson but I just don't get the opportunities that they get because people are so distracted by the mess that I created in my life.

Compared to a lot of actresses my age I'm actually overweight.

When I write about a 15-year old I jump I return to the days when I was that age. It's like a time machine. I can remember everything. I can feel the wind. I can smell the air. Very actually. Very vividly.

One of my grandfathers actually having gone out there as a minister decided he would better serve the people as a doctor. So at a very late age - at the age of 38 in fact - he changed course and decided to become a doctor.

Your body actually reminds you about your age and your injuries - the body has a stronger memory than your mind.

In an age of incompetence I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job.

I'm not skinny for the wrong reasons. It's not because I'm bulimic or anorexic or doing drugs. Compared to a lot of actresses my age I'm actually overweight.

You get to a certain age where you prepare yourself for happiness. Sometimes you never remember to actually get happy.

It's sad actually because my anxiety keeps me from enjoying things as much as I should at this age.

Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom innocence with understanding and lack of purpose with self-actualization.