I have this horrible, horrible habit of going on YouTube and checking out comments about what I do.

Let the little fairy in you fly!

Well, my great lesson with that was I went to the same production twice - once completely high and once completely sober - and both times were equally wonderful.

When it came to using elements of your personal life in your work, my mother was the master, or the mistress. There were three or four songs she wrote about my father - songs about failed love.

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

I personally don’t have the ability to lie about my life, for better or for worse.

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