I like to sing to Verdi, I like singing to Sibelius, and Mahler maybe.

I could always escape into this demi-monde of homosexuality, which I feel really indebted to. It stopped me being a 'mummy's boy.'

Some people go to Berlin to get more cutting edge; I went and started wearing lederhosen and going to visit baroque palaces.

I wish I could just relax sometimes and make some money, but I always feel like I have to prove some kind of big, profound point.

For me, the iPhone is harder than reading Faust.

I have a good face for what I do.

Everything I do, I feel is genius. Whether it is or it isn't.