No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom as an artist.

Technology is 50% of rock 'n' roll - the magic, the art, the performance. If you don't have good technicians and a strong road crew who are devoted and believe in you and protect you, you're totally naked.

Somehow I started introducing writing into my drawings, and after a time, the language took over and I started getting very involved with the handwriting and then the look of the handwriting.

I started resenting how much art robs from life. I'd go to a party and I couldn't enjoy myself, even sexually. All I could think was how I was going to reinvent the experience into a piece of art.

I know I'm a strong performer. I'm not an evolved musician.

He found it was as easy to hurl beauty as anything else. (On Robert Mapplethorpe)

The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times.