We went to see all the shows. American musical theater and jazz were very big.

I had this terrible stammer, so I couldn't really speak properly until I was 16 or 17.

There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy - I used to look at her pictures and try to dress like her.

I grew up not understanding what was true and what was not true. It gave me a sense of unreality. I was told that this man [mom's lover] was not my mother's lover - when he was. I was told he was there as a male babysitter for my brother so that he would learn sports and other manly things.

I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say.

You say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds, but soon you'll cage me on your shelf. I'll never learn to be just me, first by myself.

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.