I've gone from having a huge fan base to losing a huge fan base to having a kind of fluctuating fan base. I've always had a core of fans who've stuck by me but, depending on the kind of music I do, I end up appealing to certain groups of people and alienating others.

I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere.

I know I can feel bad, when I get in a bad mood, and the world can look so sad, only you make me feel good.

A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.

I love being a mother. My children fill me up in many ways, and inspire me in many ways, but I need a partner in my life and I think most people feel that way.

I don't like to be provocative for the sake of being provocative.

I think after time goes by and you earn certain rights or you break through certain barriers, you could sometimes, maybe, take it for granted what you have now that you didn't have before. And then that would lead to a certain lack of community, in a way, caring in a way, that I saw before [in gay society].