A man without makeup is like a cake without icing.

I did every thing, even dirty jobs like dishwashing or delivery boy for a grocer.

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.

I am singing in an operatic voice for the public, to bring something more to Rock and Roll. Because in a Rock and Roll performance, the singer talks to the public whereas in Opera the singer only talks to a character, inside a story. The public sees this as a picture, I want to transport this picture into the room where the public is.

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

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

My music is L-O-V-E because it's a gift, and you only give something when you feel it deeply.