I don't want to spend the rest of my life talking about when I used to drink or when I used to take drugs. I'm more interested in the future.

Shock waves to a tired brain, sends that hungry lady to my door again. She's my shelter from the storm when I feel the rain, entertaining white powder.

But until we get rid of that shame, then people are going to stay underground, they are not going to get tested, and we're facing an uphill battle [with AIDS].

Live for each second without hesitation

Love's like a junkie, addiction's a fact. Passion's a monkey, you can't keep off your back.

Cocaine made me talk forever. The most nonsensical rubbish that you could ever think of.

The AIDS disease is caused by a virus, but the AIDS epidemic is not. The AIDS epidemic is fueled by stigma, by hate, by misinformation, by ignorance, by indifference. Science has accomplished miracles over the past 20 years, and science can now end this disease - but it cannot end the epidemic. We need more than medicine. We can do something about these things. We need to speak out about the changes we need to make in our society.