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.

I want to accomplish my work and fulfill my dreams, and do something with my life, and I hope I'll be able to accomplish it. It's very much work, but I like it.

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

When I was twelve, the biggest name in Rock and Roll was Elvis Presley. I bought an EP, "King Creole". I hid it in the basement, but my mother found 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 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.