Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe, love is a banquet on which we feed.

I've lost lots of men in my life, besides my mother, which is a whole different loss.

I never really wanted to be a singer - not with any longevity. But I always wanted to be a writer.

What I really like is an intelligent review. It doesn't have to be positive. A review that has some kind of insight, and sometimes people say something that's startling or is so poignant.

I can't bear working with a click track, we're not click track people. But for "Mercy Is ..." we all got in one mind because the song is delicate; it's not a song that showcases a vocal or some virtuoso.

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

Paths that cross will cross again