I loved books; I read my childhood away. I was more interested in my interior world.

I feel about politics the same way I do about religion: I find the best I can from different things.

I personally am not interested in people trying to pigeonhole me.

Rock n' roll is dream soup, what's your brand?

Obviously, I'm not homeless. I'm not an old alcoholic. I'm not jumping trains. I just like to live in a certain way.

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

Committing great work does not necessarily feed you.