New York has always been a sense of eclectic kind of freedom and expression on a lot of different levels.

I'm very much a humanist. I'm very much pro-choice. I'm very much politically correct.

My father was a proctologist and my mother was an abstract artist, so that's how I view the world.

I am always hoping to do another CD. This atmosphere has been difficult.

From the time I was a kid, I'd never joined groups. I hated high school groups. I hung out with hippies, musical people. I hung out with whomever I found compelling and interesting and smart. And I continued to do that throughout my life.

I'm very much an optimist. I don't think I could do my work if I didn't believe there was some kind of hope for humanity.

People want to be famous, they want to be loved, they want to be accepted. They want to push aside their past and the things that have been embarrassing to them.