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"When you're writing something and you know it's good, you get flushed, you can feel the blood coursing through your veins, you feel alive, all your nerve endings stand up, something just clicks."
"After years and years of everybody commenting on the way I look and dress and being photographed, one starts to become self-conscious and starts to plan things more. You end up judging yourself more, what looks good and what doesn't."
"Oh sure, I have lots of fears. My job is to conquer my fears. The irony of being a performer is that I have huge insecurities. Each of us is responsible for what happens in our lives. When good things happen, we take ownership, but when bad things happen we often don't take responsibility. There are no mistakes or accidents. Consciousness is everything and all things begin with a thought. We are responsible for our own fate. We reap what we sow, we get what we give and we pull in what we put out."
"If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you're always going to be disappointed."
"I'm a gay man trapped in a woman's body!"
"In this business, my business, I get to meet all kinds of incredible people, fascinating people, glamorous people and sexy people and highly intellectual people. And you meet them and you go 'interesting, interesting, interesting'. They're interesting, but not very many people stop you in your tracks."
"Isn't it amazing that there are laws of the universe that you can actually find out about, live your life according to and change the world for the better?"
"I’m a role model for those who dare to be different. For those who dare to take a stand in their life and have an opinion"
"Sick and perverted always appeals to me."
"I feel just as hungry today as I did the day I left home."
"I know there's a lot of competition in the world of magazines and newspapers and we have to make headlines and be sensational and sell, and saying bad things about me is going to sell more papers than writing good things about me."
"People hear the soul, black influence in my voice. I grew up listening to CKLW and all the black stations like WLBS."
"I always thought I should be treated like a star."
"I'm tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want."
"I refuse to act the way someone expects me to."
"I like to be provocative. I like to make people think. I like to touch people's hearts. And if I can do all three of those things in one fell swoop, then I feel like I've really accomplished something."
"We all need to treat each other with human dignity and respect"
"I get strength from my art - all the paintings I own are powerful."
"I think passive beauties have their place in the world. It's hard for me to relate to that."
"One must dare to show what he wants. You have to go and ask for things rather than wait for them to happen."