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

In the '50s you weren't taught about sex whatsoever. It was never just talked about. People used to snoop behind their curtains and look at the neighbors. And if a girl became pregnant in your part of the world, she was shipped off to the countryside.

Nothing should be an issue when it comes to sexuality in the first place. Music is the one artform where people feel comfortable coming out.

And there are men behind bars who pray for the light and there are men in the suburbs who pray for the night.

Well, I'm a huge fan of Ryan Adams, who's from North Carolina. And he's beginning to break really quite big.

He [george W. Bush] lived up - well, he was someone that I wouldn't have voted for. His policies were not mine.

To fight the violence we must be brave, hold on strong to the love God gave.