It sometimes makes people feel better about themselves, you know, to put other people down, or make fun of them, or maybe make mockery of their work and that doesn't make me feel good at all.

I was called really horrible, profane names very loudly in front of huge crowds of people, and my schoolwork suffered at one point.

I think what made it difficult for people to get, and still makes it difficult for people to get, is the theatrical nature of the work and the fact that, my music doesn't exist without the performance-art element.

I am an artist, and I have the ability and the free will to choose the way the world will envision me.

I would rather die than have my fans see me without a pair of heels on. And that's show business.

Everybody always laughs because I feel so much more comfortable with, like, a giant paper bag on my whole body and paint on my face. Sometimes I try really hard to take it all off. But inevitably what's underneath is still not a straight edge. And I don't think it ever will be.

In my work and what I do, I am Queen of the Universe every day!