I had been taking various lessons. I've also had a lot of incredible singers give me a ton of great advice. From Cyndi Lauper, who kind of taught me the basics, and I've also worked with Bird. She's a tremendous coach and she often coaches the contestants on 'American Idol.' I've had a great amount of support.

I refer to myself as gay, but I’m married to a man.

My boyfriend and I live together, which means we don't have sex - ever. Now that the milk is free, we've both become lactose intolerant.

I love Wilco's "I'm the Man Who Loves You." Nels Cline has that weird guitar slide at the beginning and the song is whispered actually.

Love is the big booming beat which covers up the noise of hate.

For me to be ten pounds thinner is a full-time job, and I am handing in my notice and walking out the door!!

I think that reaching out to kids that feel really isolated is a life saving gesture that we have a responsibility as older queers to do.