I think guys are more emotional. Men are supposed to be the strong ones, they have pressure on them to be strong, but when it comes to sex men are much more emotional than women.

New generations are intoxicated with the idea that they can make their presence known on the Internet. When I was young, there wasn't anything comparable. Very few got their picture in a magazine, fewer made records. We have to stand back and let them get their footing. Hopefully they'll come to the realization that the most important thing is their work and how they conduct themselves.

Will you pretend you're my boyfriend?

I got my style from a lot of different people, even my style of reading, even Johnny Carson inspired me.

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

It was like being at an Arabian hoedown with a band of psychedelic hillbillies (p. 171).

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.