I'm not claiming to appeal to the same people that Christina Aguilera or Britney Spears are going to appeal to. I'm not trying to. I'm doing what I want to do.

I want to be like Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, and John Lennon... but I want to stay alive.

Art keeps me alive. I've obviously been devastated or heartbroken all my life, since my mother's death.

I don't think I have to introduce myself, unless you don't recognize me with my clothes on.

You have to reinvent to stay fresh, to stay in the game

I've always been under scrutiny. But I used to just not really pay attention to what people said.

When I'm hungry, I eat. When I'm thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it.