I don't like Los Angeles. The people are awful and terribly shallow, and everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to play the game. I'm from New York. I will kill to get what I need.

I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances.

Pop stars should not eat.

My fashion is about the urban woman in the year 3000. I think about obscure, weird things and try to create a world around them.

The way that I sing, what I sing about, what I wear, who I am, this is me. I was born this way.

Because the sweeter the cake, the more bitter the jelly can be.

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.