I felt alien my whole life but I didn't feel alien because of my gender. Other people made me aware of my gender.

Sometimes you write passages that don't need to be rewritten. Performance is that for me. Improvisation, things that happen in the moment, are sometimes wonderful, or wonderful as a moment to be shared between performer and people, but that's it. There might be a strong bond between you and the people, a transformative night, but as a live record it might not translate.

Everyone thinks of God as a man - you can't help it - Santa Claus was a man, therefore God has to be a man.

Look at Obama - he is now [2015] trying to help us environmentally but he should have done it eight years ago. He's trying to salvage his legacy and trying to do something good but we needed for him to show leadership from day one.

Ultimately, we are not seeking others to bow to, but to reinforce our individual natures, to help us suffer our own choices, to guide us on our own particular journeys.

I think masturbating is a really important function in art. People don't like to hear that kind of stuff, but it's true.

The people have the power to redeem the work of fools. Upon the meek the graces shower, it's decreed the people rule.