I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.

I must have got my detailed, obsessive streak from my father, who was an English teacher, because my mother wasn't like me at all.

He (son Jason) doesn't see me as a (gay) icon, he sees me as his mother who touches his hair too much. No, I love being an icon to anybody. Equal rights, you know?

It’s like an American tradition. A person gets successful and then he’s supposed to change for the worse. It’s silly.

Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.

Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.

I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all.