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

I still believe that love is the most powerful force in the world, even though I am yet to experience it fully.

When I was signed, at the age of 23...the fact that I presented myself as an out gay man was very, very unusual.

I have a lot of advantages: I'm not addicted to horrifying pills. I also have surrounded myself with far more caring and upright individuals. And I wasn't abused as a child, so I'm doing okay!

Opera needs to be a total escape from real life. To relate to what we're going through today is fine and dandy, but it's really about being transported and completely swept away by a romantic notion.

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.

Somebody curse the light And take me far away from myself