Grief isn't all tears.

I'm not really a musician. I'm a performer and I love rock 'n' roll.

You can't work on that scale without trust. I learned that from working with Robert Mapplethorpe.

I always thought my father [influenced me most] because he was so well read, I tried to model myself on him, but really as I go through life I realise it was my mother who gave me the most valuable instructions. I didn't understand or accept it at the time. She taught me to read and to pray - two things that have really stayed with me.

I never thought of being a performer, never thought of being a singer, never thought of being a photographer. It's just the trajectory of my work. I go to the medium that serves the vision.

I always enjoyed doing transgender songs.

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