I think I do have my own technique. I don't like to depend on teachers. So I'm walking on my own way, and I try to be as natural as I can. I think it's the only way to be yourself.

The urge to sing was so strong one day I performed in a club and it was very successful.

I approach everything as an absolute outsider. It is the only way I can break so many rules.

I do kind of transcend the song and give it a different meaning.

Well, you know, I am in the business and I like to promote myself.

Elvis Presley is my spiritual father, and as you may know Maria Callas is my spiritual mother.

People do accuse me of being just decorative or an escapist - well I am. That's what I do. I am other things as well. I transcend the song and give it a different meaning.