The same person is coming through in a different medium.... My art is simple, direct and definite.

If I were gay, life would be a lot simpler. I'm kind of annoyed that I'm not.

I don't like to be told what to do at all. That's unfortunate because a lot of people come up with good ideas and can direct you.

When I was between the ages of five and nine, the soldiers of the Second World War wanted to have Betty Grable, but I wanted to be Betty Grable. She was the epitome of an alluring woman; she had it all as far as I was concerned.

You start out performing because it's fun, then you learn more things and you want to do more than go "Na-na-na-na" on a stage. The production end is interesting, writing is interesting, and you learn to coordinate all these things.

The way I paint is similar to rock in that you don't stand around and say, 'Gee, what are they talking about?' Rock is simple, blunt, colorful. Same with my paintings. You don't stand back and wonder what it is. That's Jim Morrison, that's a panda, that's a scene on the West Coast. It's not abstract.

You can't make people change, but the organizers of WorldFest hope that people consider being vegetarian for both moral and health reasons