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

If we can elect an African American as president, we can support gay marriage! Defeat prop 8! We will not give up!

Fame is a form of misunderstanding.

I have my work and my faith... If that's boring to some people, I can't tell you how much I don't care.

People don't know what Kabbalah is, and so they jump to conclusions. For me, studying Kabbalah is studying - is just - is asking questions. And I encourage all of my children to be that way, and I think people don't understand that. And so they make assumptions and they judge.

I'm ambitious. But if I weren't as talented as I am ambitious, I would be a gross monstrosity.

I think that its an artist's responsibility to have a point of view. Society takes its cue from popular art. People need something to look to, something to provoke them into questioning whether they completely hate something or completely love something.