Every time I bought a Rock and Roll record, I bought a classical record at the same time. I like each as well as the other.

I approach everything as an absolute outsider. It is the only way I can break so many rules.

I'm from Planet Nomi where I wear black lipstick so you can see my lips and what I am doing with them.

I feel threatened, and sometimes it makes me angry because I can't do anything about that, there's just too many issues. But in a way I think my work is meant to get people out of that.

Elvis Presley is my spiritual father, and as you may know Maria Callas is my spiritual mother.

What makes life complicated is the things that are on me and it is very hard to keep things simple. I see it as I am complicated and there is innocence to this.

A man without makeup is like a cake without icing.

It is a very personal thing to me, because this is my basic voice, this is where I come from, and it is one of the oldest voice styles in human history.

I did every thing, even dirty jobs like dishwashing or delivery boy for a grocer.

I come as the wicked witch from the Barock era.

People should allow me to be many things, really give me the room to put things in another dimension.

Like the morning sun, you appeared in my cloudy sky and filled my world with light, love, beauty, and joy.

No need to try to explain to others what's in your heart. Some things are just between you and God.

Support your partner in their interests. You never know when batting practice, kung fu movie moves, or even a poker night might come in handy during a zombie infestation.

No matter how many times you say you'll give up with words, if your heart still says "love", there's nothing to be done.

Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.

The only thing you should force in a golf swing is the club back in the bag.

I think writing is one of the toughest things.

Painters love paint itself: so much that they spend years trying to get paint to behave the way they want it to.

Trouble defies the law of gravity. It's easier to pick up than to drop.

We who have turned our lives over to Christ need to know how very much he longs to eat with us, to commune with us. He desires a perpetual Eucharistic feast in the inner sanctuary of the heart.