For the most part, pianos are female to me. Sometimes they're dykes, and they're always good fun.

Not everyone wants you to become your potential, for whatever reason.

Hair is gray and the firers are burning. So many dreams on the shelf. You say I wanted you to be proud of me. I always wanted that myself.

You don't have to justify everything. Being pissed off is just absolutely okay.

When I was little, my mom tells me, I used to say things like, 'Mom do you hear the string section? Do you hear the string section?' And she would look at me and say, 'No honey, I don't know what you're talking about.'

I get painted quite a bit as a tragic figure because of some of the stuff that's happened in my life.

This was a time frame when dance music and clubs were having a real impact on culture, and it had an impact on me.