I want to carve out a serious period of time to focus on the next opera without any distractions. And to do that you need money.

In the present world, this technological, psychotic, politicised, nonsensical world, you have to believe that the good guys are going to win! That evil will be banished somehow!

I'm definitely a fan of juxtaposition. Using the most beautiful line to say the most horrific thing - I think one of the main things in songwriting is definitely friction between the words and the melody.

There is this church that I go to a lot in New York. I'm not religious but I love lighting candles and stuff. I find it useful.

I like to try new things.

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

I have managed to eke out a good and substantial existence. I'm not shoveling gold bricks or anything, but I do very, very well.