I love David Bowie and Cher and Diana Ross. I wanted to follow in their footsteps. So I set out to do that in a rock-'n'-roll band in Atlanta, Georgia. That led me to nightclubs and to the sort of Andy Warhol experience of creating a personality.

When someone wrongs you, walk away from them and don't ever look back.

The truth of who we are has nothing to do with religion or the type of car that we drive or the color of our skin. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. And the human experience part is very temporary. So, things like the bar, love, magic, dancing, and colors are there to remind us to not take all of this stuff so seriously.

What makes a gay icon is someone who possesses both masculine and feminine qualities simultaneously.

Anybody who can step out of the house with a pair of heels and some lipstick on their lips is my hero.

To this day it cracks me up to think that my debut on national British television as a reporter ends with me turning a trick.

Actually, it does start with you - if you want to change the world, change yourself.