"Being from a classical environment, I've always been provoked by classical musicians thinking that classical music is so much greater art than pop. I've always been annoyed by that."

“When in organism there are cancer cells, they have to be removed, not helped because they're "so young" and "so creative".”

Source : Blog post, August 29, 2007.

“But trust me, if I lived in the '80s, I would definitely be the one going to the record stores.”

“Go, mark the matchless working of the power That shuts within the seed the future flower; Bids these in elegance of form excel. In color these, and those delight the smell; Sends nature forth, the daughter of the skies, To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.”

“Rock 'n' roll is sexuality personified,”

“Nixon has the audacity to tell me to do nothing in the interest of my country until he dictactes where that interest lies. At the same time he threatens me that failure to follow his so-called advice will be to jeopardize the special relations between our two countries. I say to hell with such special relations.”

Source : "The Shah and I: The Confidential Diary of Iran's Royal Court, 1968-77". Book by Asadollah Alam, p. 278, 1991.

“I hope that as my career continues I get to create and work on more LGBT projects and bring LGBT storytelling into more mainstream media!”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com

“For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.”

“Music does not exist in isolation, it is rooted in the political, the social, the cultural. We need to remember this at all times, and especially in these times! Our voices have never been so very critical.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com