Musically I'm able to keep going, because it's not about money and it's not about success. It's a challenge.

Yes, I'm a homosexual and I like to shock people with glamour.

If I had had more of a strategic attitude towards how to reveal my sexuality, and if I'd even played with it a little more, I could have sold a lot more albums and been a lot more famous.

Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life?

Life is a game and true love is a trophy.

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 really need to know I may just never see you again, or might as well You took advantage of a world that loved you well I'm going to a town that has already been burnt down I'm so tired of you, America.