You’ve got to be prepared for the names they are going to call you compared to your male peers… You will be a floozy and a slattern. He will be virile and a ladies’ man. You will be a freakshow, a retching wretch, a sloppy drunk. He will be charismatic, vainglorious, a ferocious drunk and Dionysian. You will be indiscriminate and desperate. He will be generous, tortured and driven.

In rock 'n' roll it's really about being as vulnerable as possible and giving them what they want. But onstage it's about pausing, about internal life, it's about internal triggers - that's one of the reasons I'm really challenged to do a play.

For years, despite having impeccable taste, I didn't understand how to convey that I had impeccable taste.

These are my wakeup cupcakes, some anti-depressants and a cellphone book.

Being a rock star is like being a cult leader - you really have to be in your own religion.

Don't date the captain of the football team; be the captain of the football team.

But I always wound up being the damn John, when I wanted to be the Paul.