To be diagnosed was the hardest thing because I didn't know what they were talking about... And the doctor said, Don't worry, in three months you'll know. So I went about my business and then, one day, it jumped me. I couldn't get up... Your muscles trick you; they did me.

Crosses only scare vampires away because they're allergic to bullshit.

I don't see myself getting married again, but if I do, it will be forever.

Someone called all the newspapers in New York and told them I'd died. I've been told by almost everyone it was an ex-wife - I've had a few so it's hard to pinpoint which one - but who knows for sure?

You work your butt off and somebody says you can't have your record played because it offends them. Tyrants are made of such stuff.

I just don't want to die alone, that's all. That's not too much to ask for, is it It would be nice to have someone care about me, for who I am, not about my wallet.

I don't want them hip white people coming up to me and calling me no n - - or telling me n - - jokes. I don't like it.