I'm 33 and in my "Jesus year," and I want it all right now. I want a perfect body. I want to have a perfect love affair. I want every member of my family to be healthy and happy. And I want the world to save itself and for America to realize that it has to give up its idea of being an empire. Wait until I hit 40; then it'll all come crumbling down.

My greatest experiences in the theatre and the most religious experiences in my life - of which going to the opera is one for me - have been with the Romantic composers' repertoire: it's Wagner, it's Strauss, Verdi, Puccini. That era gets me every time.

I've paid the price; I definitely have a reputation that precedes me, and there is a camp that plots my demise. But then again... it's funner that way.

I will take my coffee black / never snack / hang with the wolves who are sheepish.

Musically I'm able to keep going, because it's not about money and it's not about success. It's a challenge.

I like to think of myself as a combination of Sid Vicious and Virgil Thompson

I came out of the closet very young, and I had to cut my teeth pretty fast.