"On any given night, catch me on the floor, working up a sweat, that’s what music’s for."
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"You have to reinvent to stay fresh, to stay in the game"
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"On the one hand, the idea of marriage and the sort of traditional family life repulses me. But on the other hand, I long for it, you know what I mean? I'm constantly in conflict with things. And it is because of my past and my upbringing and the journey that I've been on."
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"When I get down on my knees, it is not to pray."
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"Economic markets are collapsing. People all over the world are suffering and people afraid. What happens when peep are afraid? They become intolerant."
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"We live in a very scary time. Or should I say we don't live at all."
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"I've been inspired by films since I started dancing, and I'm married to a filmmaker, and I think it was one of my secret desires, but I was afraid to just say, 'I want to be a director'. But then one day I said, O.K., stop dreaming and do it. But I didn't want to do it the Hollywood way, and talk through agents. I decided it all had to be generated by me, so I wrote it."
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"I like pushing the envelope. But I don't like to do it just for the sake of doing it."
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"I think after time goes by and you earn certain rights or you break through certain barriers, you could sometimes, maybe, take it for granted what you have now that you didn't have before. And then that would lead to a certain lack of community, in a way, caring in a way, that I saw before [in gay society]."
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"I could never work in a recording studio where you have this lovely view and a beach and the waves are crashing. For me, it's all about being in a tiny room with little windows. It's almost like you have to be in a prison. And you can create beauty when you're in that sort of deprived environment, which is a re-creation of your formative years."
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"I don't have a religion because I don't like that word religion."
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"David Bowie really played with ideas, and iconography and imagery. He's brilliant man. And a gentleman, too."
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"I'm encouraging other people, whether they're professionals or not, to use their creativity to express themselves, to get a conversation going, to get the party started, really."
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"I am because we are. We all bleed the same color. We all want to love and be loved."
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"I'm very grateful that I had work to do. I may have thrown myself off a building."
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"Sometimes you want to go for a walk and you don't want to be watched. You just want to be anonymous and blend in. Especially when I travel, I feel that way, because I can't really go out and see a city the way other people can and I miss out on a lot."
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"I chose to start my world tour in Israel for a very specific and important reason. As you know, the Middle East and all the conflicts that occur here and that have been occurring for thousands of years... They have to stop... You can't be a fan of mine and not want peace in the world."
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"I feel like everything I do makes people feel really uncomfortable."
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"I would like to see the Pope wearing my T-shirt."
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"For me, it's either you're part of creation or you're part of destruction. It's inexplicable; it's like breathing, and I can't imagine not doing it."
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