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.

Life is the longest death in California.

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

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.

Looking back, one of the things I love most about my mom was that she never, ever relented. She stuck to her guns right up until the end. She wasn't abusive, but she was never that thrilled that I was gay.

I like to try new things.

I think my imagination and my passions are still firing away, but it's really the body that starts to make up the rules. It's not a major problem; it's just when you get a little older you realize how much your body thanks you when you are good to it.