I probably owe an apology to fans that have been supportive and have not wanted to believe any of this was true. It takes a little bit of the sheen off of the mystique.

[Tabloids] could call you a child molester, I suppose, but they just go for the two things they think people are most likely to believe and that will most offend yourself and your popularity. My skin hardened to all that stuff years ago.

I mean, it is the perfect situation to really love someone to death and to want to rip their clothes off at the same time, isn't it?

Freedom. I will not give you up.

Still, the music was always there, and the lyrical capability was always threatening to show its head.

There's something deep inside of me. There's someone else I've got to be.

I wouldn't marry until I was ready to have children.