If I was a girl again, I would like to be like my fans, I would like to be like Madonna.

I don't trust any man who hasn't kissed another man.

I'll stop doing everything that I do when I don't want to do it anymore.

We all fall to the floor at some point. It's how you pick yourself up that's the real challenge. Isn't it?

The only way I've been able to survive the betrayal of lovers, family members, and society is to be able to create as an artist.

When I first came up, the whole AIDS epidemic was starting, and the gay community that I experienced from the beginning of my career was mostly - and overwhelmingly - concerned with staying alive. And, also, I felt really aware of the preciousness of life and time. The gay community and people who were HIV-positive were treated so badly, and I was very disturbed by things. But I also saw a lot of love and connection in the gay community at that time.

I wouldn't live in Chicago cause it's too conservative, aside for the fact that Oprah Winfrey lives there.