I've only been interested in the artistic side of life.

Rocket Man, burning out his fuse up here alone.

Loneliness was tough, the toughest role you ever played. Hollywood created a superstar, and pain was the price you paid.

I spent the last week of Ryan's life in Indiana, Indianapolis, with Jeanne and Andrea, Jeanne, his mother, Andrea, his sister, and some other beautiful people who came. And it taught me a lesson.

After claws and feathers, he took skin and bone, shaped it like an hour glass and made the angels moan.

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

And the danger is - and it's happening - is we're seeing an incredibly big rise amongst young gay people, young heterosexual people as far as catching HIV, which is, you know, in an educated country like this or in Britain, it's frightening.