I don't believe in depression. There's no such thing. It's an invention. It's bullshit, it's a cop out.

When I was young, no one wanted to be one; now even the President of the United States would call himself an outsider. So now I'm for insiders.

At the premiere of Hairspray on Broadway, Harvey Fierstein's mom said to my mom, "Didn't we raise great sons?" and my mother just started sobbing, because I'm sure they'd both been through other nights when people didn't say that.

I hitchhiked at high school. My parents thought was a perfectly normal thing to do even though God knows I got blown a lot of times riding home from school.

I want to be harder to reach, not easier.

Stop blaming your parents. If you're really angry at 60 years old, you're an idiot! You've got to work some of it out.

I must admit, even my fans everywhere I go in the world - just this week I was in London and Glasgow and the week before I was in Des Moines - my fans all look the same in all those cities - they look great!