I didn't have sex until I was 23 and that was with a man. I made up for lost time after that in a hurry. I wish I could have had sex when I was, like, 14, 15 or 16 because that's such an exciting age to have sex.

You can call me a fat, balding, talentless old queen who can't sing, but you can't tell lies about me.

And it's one more beer and I don't hear you any more.

I wasn't involved in anything. I wasn't out - you know, I know I wasn't in ACT UP. I wasn't with Larry Kramer. I wasn't by his side. I wasn't saying what I should do, because, by all accounts, I was a drug addict and an alcoholic. And I was living in a complete bubble of self-absorption.

Once I'd heard 'Modern Times' by Bob Dylan, it really changed the way I wanted to make records.

I've always wanted to smash a guitar over someone's head. You just can't do that with a piano.

We are all God's people; we have to get along and the [religious leaders] have to lead the way. If they don't do it, who else is going to do it? They're not going to do it and it's left to musicians or to someone else to deal with it.