I really have a problem with any kind of drug, I always have.

The most important, overriding arc of my career has been that I would never be self-deprecating.

Things are so scary and intimidating with AIDS and the right wing that people are looking for somebody to just give them safe harbors.

I think so much of what informs us as performers is what we had to endure as kids growing up. I was the youngest in my family. I always got a lot of attention.

When people pay to see you live, they connect with you on a much deeper level than people who just buy your records.

For most of my relationships, I would have liaisons, and I would feel guilty.

I'm not saying I'm some high priestess. I do things, I'm sure, that are damaging, but it's certainly not on purpose.