I've had a large gay following for many years and have been quite aware of that.

For your kindness, I'm in debt to you. For your selflessness, my admiration.

Literature gives us a window into other people's experiences in other places, in other times, so I thought it would be really interesting to investigate how different people had written about motherhood, and childhood.

It's funny, I remember doing the Johnny Carson show, and, uh, I couldn't afford my rent.

Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.

By calling it a memoir, I meant is as a collection of memories. I thought it was (a more) artful (title) than documentary.

I don't enjoy the work that I do. It's just that it's not self-sustaining anymore. The way that I like to make records - they're expensive records to make and just can't afford to do it anymore.