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I get myself a gig somewhere, whether it's in a club, whether it's in a bar, it doesn't matter, and I just work on New Year's Eve because I always feel it's very symbolic for me for the next year, for the new year.

- Debbie Harry

Year, Next, Very, Gig

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.

- Debbie Harry

Some, Been, Very, Musician

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.

- Debbie Harry

Solar, I Think, About, Arthritis

I turned on VH1 this morning just to get a little warm-up before I came over here, and I think it's just terrific. There's so much great stuff: diverse and wonderful music, good performances, great looking girls, great videos, the whole thing.

- Debbie Harry

Here, I Think, Turned, Great Stuff

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.

- Debbie Harry

Business, Doing, Took, Little Time

But computers have changed the world for everyone, so there will be some way of working it out.

- Debbie Harry

World, Some, Everyone, Changed

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

- Debbie Harry

Couple, Times, Guess, Housewife

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.

- Debbie Harry

Icon, Iconic, Frequently, Shocking

Capote wrote every day. He said that's the only way, you have to sit down every day and do it.

- Debbie Harry

Every Day, Down, Wrote, Capote

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.

- Debbie Harry

Very, Area, Which, Diverse

Lately I've been believing that music predates speech.

- Debbie Harry

Music, Speech, Been, Lately

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.

- Debbie Harry

Focus, Own, Very, Camera

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.

- Debbie Harry

Love, Politics, Religious, Minority

Christina Aguilera is an incredible musician and singer.

- Debbie Harry

Singer, Incredible, Musician, Aguilera

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.

- Debbie Harry

Focus, Small, Kernel, Strictly

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

- Debbie Harry

Mind, Long, Got, Shelf

I thought I'd live to a ripe old age, because I always felt there was a lot to do. I had a driven feeling. I always thought in the present.

- Debbie Harry

Thought, Old, Always, Ripe

And I wasn't convinced that I was the most talented person in the world.

- Debbie Harry

World, Most, Convinced, Talented

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

- Debbie Harry

New Year's, Lovely, Some, Eve

And New Year's Eve is very, very important to me.

- Debbie Harry

Important, New, Very, Eve

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

- Debbie Harry

New, Year, Always, Eve

I'm a culture vulture, and I just want to experience it all.

- Debbie Harry

Experience, Culture, Want, Vulture

But, you know, the issues of humanity and what is fair treatment and good treatment of a fellow human being should not really be based on a personal sense of right and wrong or judgment.

- Debbie Harry

Personal, Treatment, Based, Wrong

But as a writer and performer, I want to get paid for what I do.

- Debbie Harry

Want, Performer, Get, Paid

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.

- Debbie Harry

New, Always, Been, Strip

I think it's a Blondie tradition that all of our albums sort of have a wide spread of styles.

- Debbie Harry

Think, I Think, Albums, Styles

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.

- Debbie Harry

Art, Young, Knew, Impetus

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

- Debbie Harry

Music, Still, Seduced, Vulnerable

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

- Debbie Harry

Always, Okay, Means, Indication

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

- Debbie Harry

Sound, Own, Come, Influences

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