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.

I'm passionate about everything, actually. I'm passionate about life.

I think my daughters have a pretty healthy self-awareness but I can't speak on their behalf.

Medicine comes with hope: the hope of having a healthy child, the hope of being able to raise your family.

The music industry has always been a beast, which would eat you up and spit you out.

More than anything, I think everything about appearance is illusory. People see you, and they think they understand what you're projecting, but actually, they have their own interpretation of it, or they put a label on you.

I grew up in a middle class household with parents, went to good schools, and never feared for anything, never wanted for anything that was really important. For all of us living in this world, all of us who have the resources, for us to not dedicate ourselves to giving something back, is to leave the world a lesser place.