I'm too shy, really to be able to hang out with my heroes for too long.

Vengeance and revenge are just two words for pain.

I've been through some dark times but I've experienced joy too. Now that joy can't be suppressed.

I'm one of the few that comes from this vantage point: I never tried to get a record deal.

I can't tell you where I'm going . . . but I can tell you where I come from.

I resent like hell that I was maybe eighteen before I ever heard the 'L' word. It would have made all the difference for me had I grown up knowing that the reason I didn't fit in was because they hadn't told me there were more categories to fit into.

At one time I was a nihilistic punk with a mohican and a ring in my nose. I think in the course of time I'll find a middle ground, but I also carry that sense of responsibility. I'm in a position to defeat stereotypes.