I don't know if it will be my big comeback, but I think it is a statement - that I am a self-sustaining, vibrant, long-term artist, and I'm not going away! And if you don't give me credit, then the musical gods will!

I've always gravitated towards opera, and the Royal Opera House is quite possibly the greatest opera house on earth.

Putting all of my time In learning to care And a bucket of rhymes I threw up somewhere Want a locket of who Made me lose my perfunctory view Of all that is around And of all that I do.

I definitely was always expected and encouraged to be a songwriter from a very young age, ... But really it's because, as a child, I thought I was Judy Garland. And when I started out, I was a little nuts. I thought I was a classic, legendary superstar when only 10 people knew who I was. I feel in some ways that my confidence is misinterpreted as arrogance, which is understandable. But I've also always thought that false modesty is evil.

Every video I do is over budget by the time I walk on set. I am massively extravagant in my personal habits.

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

I bemoan the fact that all my famous friends have places in St. Bart's and I have to go to Montauk.