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

I tried to be a boy, I tried to be a girl, I tried to be a mess.

I must confess that I am usually drawn to sadness, and loneliness has never been a stranger to me. But love tried to welcome me, but my soul drew back, guilty of lust and sin.

George [Michael], I want your sex, so be my father figure and I will have faith if we have to live hand-to-mouth. The diva himself.

When I first moved to New York I wanted to be a dancer, I danced professionally for years, living a hand-to-mouth existence.

When I'm dead and no longer the threat. My comfort is that all the great artists since the beginning of time have always been completely misunderstood and never fully appreciated until they were dead.

I came to the realization that a strong female is frightening to everybody, because all societies are male-dominated, black societies, poor people, rich people, any racial group, they're all dominated by men. A strong female is going to threaten everybody across the board...