And you will believe in love And all that it's supposed to be But just until the fish start to smell And you're struck down by a hammer.

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

The pop world is popular, and it's about what the people want and connecting to the masses, whereas opera, although it was once popular - and I still believe it can be - it has become very elitist and intellectual, but that certainly doesn't sell tickets. It's a struggle, but I've always embraced struggle and thrived off of it, so it's the way my life needs to go.

Once you've fallen from classical virtue, won't have a soul for to wake up and hold you.

I should write a musical. That is probably one of the final areas that I should pay attention to, because it does kind of involve everything. It's got theatre, it's got young, pretty people... And it's got money!

Writing an opera and premiering in England, you could say I was going right into the eye of the storm and I came out successfully. A little tattered and bruised, but so what, I made it.

Being uncool is being pretty much the coolest you can be.