I don't consider my homosexuality a political thing. I consider it a sexual and spiritual thing. I only started going to political rallies to meet women.

He had total love in his eyes when he performed. He was the total androgenous beauty. I would practice Elvis in front of the mirror when I was twelve or thirteen years old.

I'm a singer and as long as I can sing - which, thank God, is something that I still seem to be able to do - I'd like to carry on making records.

I feel like at 50 I've decided to become a rock star, which is, you know, typical of me. I always seem to work backwards.

There needn't be a distinction between your life and your music.

Life is so impermanent that it's not about somebody else or things around me, it's about knowing you are completely alone in this world and being content inside.

Heartache is very fertile ground for song-making but so is happiness, so is absolute bliss.