I have a good face for what I do.

I was in the forest jumping around daffodils while everyone was high on heroin.

There's no life without humour. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic moments bearable.

Opera needs to be a total escape from real life. To relate to what we're going through today is fine and dandy, but it's really about being transported and completely swept away by a romantic notion.

I have an ounce of Lady Gaga's full-bodied ambition.

I'm hyper light-sensitive and must sleep in the equivalent of a sealed tomb.

I've written songs for Shirley Bassey, Marianne Faithfull, and Linda Thompson. I sort of focus on these wonderful, aging divas. But maybe that's because I think I'm Christina Aguilera.