Every bit of me is devoted to love and art. And I aspire to try to be a teacher to my young fans who feel just like I felt when I was younger. I just felt like a freak. I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm trying to liberate them, I want to free them of their fears and make them feel that they can make their own space in the world.

I'm not a feminist. I hail men, I love men. I celebrate American male culture, and beer, and bars and muscle cars.

Don't you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can't be exactly who you are.

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

Then, when I'm in these relationships with people who are also creative, or creative in their own way, what happens is the attraction is initially there and it's all unicorns and rainbows. And then they hate me.

My friends joke that I’m dead until I get onstage. I’m dead right now as you’re speaking to me.

My "home" is a controversial topic. I don't exactly have one. I live all over the world.