Well, you know, I am in the business and I like to promote myself.

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.

The mask can be a limitation, but you just deal with it. You do get superhuman strength and pumpkin bombs and all this other stuff to express yourself with.'

As a pastor I've spent 30 years talking to people and heard every kind of story imaginable.

Success doesn't necessarily mean happiness.

If you go out with a girl and they say she has a great personality, she's ugly. If they tell you a guy works hard, he can't play a lick. Same thing.

Code reuse is the Holy Grail of Software Engineering.

In a place where there are no humans, one must strive to be human.

An occasional compliment is necessary to keep up one's self-respect.

Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.

I've always been someone who's kept my private life a little private. When there's a ring on my finger, I'll talk about it.

Optimism isnt funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. Its exaggeration.