Don't tell me what to do, don't tell me what to say. And please, when I go out with you, don't put me on display.

I can remember in the early 60s that there were a couple of really dynamic women performers at the time - Brenda Lee, there was Connie Francis.

And I thought, you know, a little gender confusion makes a better person. A little adversity in life at an early age. It's character building.

Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows, everything that's wonderful, Is sure to come your way

I think the record industry, by and large what's left of it, is still totally homophobic. I think it's much less so in the film industry now, but the record industry, it's always been a man's world.

I think I turned to writing really just to wake up in the morning and be a musician and to have something to do, and feel like a musician every day even if I wasn't working.

I meet a lot of young people in the Midwest, and I saw what a difference a show like In the Life can make to their lives in some of these small towns where, you know, there are probably two gay people in the whole damn town.