A man without makeup is like a cake without icing.

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

I go on stage and people like what I look like; as soon as I'm outside I feel like I have to hide, because people laugh at me, because of the way I look. Now, I use this look, it works for me, I even exaggerate it. I used to hide my large forehead, but now I'm selling it.

Sometimes I sing very honestly, really as moving as possible.

I think opera music is very conservative, and Rock and Roll music is conservative as well, and that's why I'm trying to make a bridge between these two elements.

Every time I bought a Rock and Roll record, I bought a classical record at the same time. I like each as well as the other.

A man without makeup is like a cake without icing.