I've developed a bit of a fascination with John Denver. I always thought he was kind of tacky and somewhat revolting and had a kind of simplistic weirdness, but on second listen, he actually did have an incredible voice, and the blatant naiveté of his work is straight-edge, in a way.

Guess the world needs both sun And the moon too Sad with what I have except for you.

One of the main destructive forces within our family has been these runaway egos. I think if you look at any show business family, that struggle exists.

I am ridiculously high-maintenance.

I think I've done a pretty fantastic job, but of course I want to sell millions of records.

The artist who gave me the most inspiration and direction, especially as a singer - and I absolutely consider myself a singer, 100 percent - is Nina Simone. She's my ultimate pianist-singer-type person.

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