Fame for fame's sake is toxic - some people want that, with no boundaries. It's unhealthy.

The momentum of time is always going forward. You cannot repeat what has been done before. You can't go back.

My first understanding of HIV and AIDS was like everybody else from my generation. In the mid-'80s, we heard about this, and it was terrifying, because we knew nothing about how to respond to it appropriately, and we didn't really understand about how the virus is passed. There was a lot of misconception about that.

When women get together as a group, it is immensely powerful.

The poetic side of me is Scottish.

I want people to understand me as a person with views, not just performing songs.

I would say that although my music may be or may have been part of the cultural background fabric of the gay community, I consider myself an outsider who belongs everywhere and nowhere... Being a human being is what truly counts. That's where you'll find me.