"They can gas me, but I am famous. I have achieved in one day what it took Robert Kennedy all his life to do."

“Now in these troubled times, even more than ever, we need an affirmation that there is goodness and beauty in the world.”

“Most of my friends are women - I quite fancied being a woman in a way.”

“What do we expect from criticism? People appear to want it, but why?”

“Men are just as vain as women, and sometimes even more so.”

“Deceit is the mark of evil. Even if the evil messenger does not appear in person, the test is the same.”

“I look forward to another good year next year. It would be nice to win, too.”

“In all honesty I think, sometimes with the LGBT community, if you look at anything else surrounding it, there's always been this oddness and sense of humor. I really appreciate that. It's kind of a hard world to take yourself too seriously. It's a good balance check. It's not serious all the time. I'm that way too, even though I write a lot of depressing music. A lot of times our shows are not very serious at all. We joke a lot and then we play a sad song and then we joke again.”

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“When I was 14 years old, I was a huge fan of the Velvets, the Stooges and the Modern Lovers. They are my three favourite bands. I never get sick of 'em.”