There is a lot of music in the world that I love that does not always get the appropriate exposure.

One time I was doing an interview for a gay magazine and halfway through the journalist found out I wasn't gay. He said, 'Sorry, I can't continue the interview.' Because they only had gay public figures in their magazine. I felt so crestfallen. I wanted to tell him: but I play fundraisers for gay marriage! I'd rather my kids were gay than straight!'

My mother and I were on welfare and food stamps until I was 18, so I've always had this ethos of, like, 'try and make a little bit of money now because you don't know what's going to happen tomorrow.'

Nothing can stop us now 'cause we are all made of stars.

Research performed on animals is, by definition, scientifically unsound.

For my most of my career I've been a falling-down drunk. Most of my interviews were done hungover, and for a while it was great.

I'm not Catholic but the Virgin Mary fascinates me because she's like a folk hero.