I hate to be enclosed. I don't like bathroom doors - I don't shut them. In fact, in my house, I have no doors.

My father was always talking about God, and I idolized my father, so I'd spend hours trying to have mental telepathy with God.

Not everything we do as artists has deep intent. If we push barriers, that's great, but sometimes we just do our work. Whether we make some kind of statement, consciously or unconsciously, we shouldn't take the innocence away from what we do.

I didn't have any career design. I was not thinking about publishing or doing a record. I was just working. I was evolving. I wanted to really comprehend what I was doing before stepping too far out.

If we keep our little flame alive, our first feeling of enthusiasm of who we are, without the influence or intervention of others, we will prevail.

It got to the point where I started hiding because I didn't want to be photographed. (On living with Robert Mapplethorpe)

I'm more concerned with the work people do than their gender. When I was younger, I was pretty judgmental. Things had to be a certain way. Now I just want to see the work. It doesn't matter who does it.