the child is gone

GRACE KELLY as FRANCES STEVENS

2012 Fiona Apple video addressing Perez Hilton:

"But Perez Hilton... to hire 'experts' to comment and say that I am sick is totally, totally irresponsible, and dangerous, and you should know better, and so should everybody who's talking about me like that. And I'm not on any drugs. I had some bourbon before I came out here. I've always been honest-- why would I be dishonest about anything? Perez Hilton, TMZ, whoever you represent: I'm not invulnerable to this stuff. I've been around for many years, but it hurts.

I didn't need to hear that I'm 90 years old just because I didn't have a facelift in the last seven years. I'm fucking losing weight because I'm having trouble digesting food because your guts are connected to your brain and I have a lot of stress in my brain. So lay off with that stuff because it hurts my feelings. If for no other reason, that should be a good enough reason. Stop hurting people's feelings, stop bullying people because you were bullied.

I know that that's not what you are. It can't be. Please stop hurting my feelings, because it really fucking bothers me. Seriously. Please stop. It doesn't matter what I look like!"

Later in the concert, according to Tampa Bay Online, she gave an addendum: "And another thing, everybody, Don't call me frail. I'll beat the hell out of you."

~ via Pitchfork, October 2012

“I think an animal, especially a dog, is possibly the purest experience you can have. No person and few children, unless they’re still infants, are as unpremeditated, as undemanding, really. They only ask to survive. They want to eat. They are totally dependent on you, and therefore completely vulnerable. And this complete vulnerability is what enables you to open your heart completely, which you rarely do to a human being. Except, perhaps, children. Who thinks you’re as fantastic as your dog?”