For me, it's all about being in a tiny room with little windows. It's almost like you have to be in a prison.

The cross is a very powerful symbol and it symbolizes suffering, but it also is connected to a person who was loving and sharing and his message was about unconditional love. I tried to take a powerful image and use it to draw attention to a situation that needs attention. For me, we all need to be Jesus in our time. Jesus' message was to love your neighbor as yourself and these are people in need.

Say goodbye to yesterday...those are the words I'll never say.

I used mythology to tell the story [in Living with Love], with the story of the minotaur and the matador and fighting and fighting for love and the color red and flowers and horns and death and naked men. You know, the important things in life.

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

It's not enough to raise awareness. You have to give people solutions, and you have to invite them to get involved in whatever way they can, whether that's doing volunteer work or taking a portion of their salary and figuring out where they want that money to go. You have to find ways to inspire people to get involved.

One of the many things I learned from all of this: If you aren't willing to fight for what you believe in, then don't even enter the ring.