I knew I was gay when I was around 13. There wasn't the internet, there weren't support groups, AIDS was everywhere. I mean, it was really dark.

I've developed into quite a swan. I'm one of those people that will probably look better and better as I get older - until I drop dead of beauty.

My parents were serious working musicians, but they were not stars - not like pop stars that you have now. They had to make a living and that meant touring, working hard, going on the road - and we were roped in.

I don’t really have a relationship with the guitar; it’s like my slutty lover, whereas I’m married to the piano

As an artist, you put so much into what you do and it can all be torn down in a nanosecond.

I'm not a terrible smoker, actually. My major addiction, which is horrible, is straight boys.

I very much faced my mother's death with hard, arduous and time-consuming labor. The more I would do, the less I would feel.