It's important to use a stage name so that your real name doesn't appear on public records.

It's important to stay in this moment right here, the now. This moment is the most important moment of your life.

Be very careful of what you allow to infiltrate your consciousness and subconsciousness. When you watch too much television, you'll start to feel inferior from all the commercials hard selling the idea that you're not complete unless you buy their product. The ad agencies appeal to your fear of not being wanted or loved. It's the same with the local news. They get you to stay tuned with a constant stream of fear tactics. It's as if our culture is addicted to fear and the flat screen is our drug dealer. Don't allow that crap into your head!

When I was a kid in San Diego, I would read fashion magazines and Interview magazine, and all of that really inspired me to create a persona. So by the time I moved to New York, in the early '80s, I'd learned how to create a persona, and I knew what my persona would be.

Even when I was down, I treated myself as a star and eventually the world would catch up.

It's been important to cultures throughout history with the court jester and the witch doctor and the shaman - all preach the same thing.

My music is a reflection of what I really love to listen to, pop, dance, mid tempo dance and ballads.