The songs are inspired by my experiences. Sometimes they are more than my real-life and, conversely, my life is more than just my songs.

There will always be someone else with a different view than you. I appreciate them and would never say that they are wrong. I hope that they would give me that courtesy also.

I could have been you, you could have been me. One small change that shapes your destiny.

To be completely stripped bare of any image power or my hair. To step onstage and get the response that I got blew any problems I had about self-image out the door.

I can look at cancer as a disease that picks me out and 'why me,' or I can look at it through love and say, 'This is a wake-up call. This is my body telling me: 'Hey, you're out of balance here. It's time to get in line with yourself.'

When I grew up, there were no songs about gay people.

Don't let anyone tell you that you have to be a certain way. Be unique. Be what you feel.