You have to watch what you eat.

Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance.

Taboo was kind of celebrating trash, the kind of records you secretly loved, like Yes Sir, I Can Boogie, by Baccara [laughs] - things that you probably shouldn't like.

On Madonna: She's a gay man trapped in a woman's body.

For me, I've gotten better at that since I've gotten older. I never was good at that when I was younger.

I always feel that my whole life is representing the LGBT community. It's kind of what I do all the time.

A lot of people come up to me all the time and say thank you for helping me be who I am. So my thing wasn't just about sexuality. It was about anyone who felt different; anyone who felt out of place. Being gay was one part of it.