Nina Hagen

“Maybe one day I'll have a big hit, and the world will make a big sex symbol out of me like they always do when there's a new chick.”

“I was traveling on our tour bus through Europe and I was thinking I want to have long blonde hair.”

“Do some selfless service for people who are in need. Consider the whole picture, not just our little selves.”

“I sing 'All Apologies' with my own lyrics. People want to sing along, but then, oops, they realize it's a different story.”

“Jesus Christ will be the leader of an intergalactic earth evacuation. We're getting some earth leaders up there to check the mother ship. The Bible says that the sky will be glorious and Chr...”

“I sing about UFOs and extraterrestrials, and so I designed a UFO fashion. It includes science-fiction bikinis and Bermuda Triangle shorts.”

“I meet many people, I talk with them, like a TV show host. I show what's going on with Greenpeace, interesing political things, I have artists, musicians and bands.”

“It's a human right to be able to have a relationship.”

“I heard opera all day long. From the time I was 9 years old, I was imitating the singers; later I studied opera. But we also got Western television and radio, from the Americans in West Berl...”

“I know what's best for me, and I want to do things my way. So, now I listen to my inner voice and my heart - and that's how I make my decisions.”

“I have a wish for world peace and the truth. I would like to see a society that will bring happiness to all life forms. Of course, to the Nazis, I appear a rebel, but to the rebels, I appear...”

“I screamed and cried, but no one ever came. No doubt it was in one of those scream-filled nights in which my strong singer lungs and my crazy voice were born.”

“It wasn't fun to go to school, because we had to wear these blue things around our necks. We had to join the Pioneer Society, and we had to salute with our hands over our eyes. Even then, I...”

“You have to see my show to believe that I'm the only unique Nina Hagen on this planet.”

“You don't always have to have a record out. I'm not a sausage factory, you know, turning out records every year.”

“We can change the world if we change ourselves. We just need to get hold of the old patterns of thinking and dealing with things and start listening to our inner voices and trusting our own...”

“As long as karma exists, the world changes. There will always be karma to be taken care of.”