I`d be hanging out in my bathrobe all day, stinky, just writing, and my mom allowed me to do this-as long as I was writing songs. She said, `As long as you`re seriously working on music, I`ll support you. Don`t get a job, because if you work, it will crush you.`

Frank Sinatra has passed on the torch to me. But little did he know that he`d be passing it on to a gay opera queen

Let the little fairy in you fly!

I`ve developed into quite a swan. I`m one of those people that will probably look better and better as I get older - until I drop dead of beauty.

I`ve developed into quite a swan. I`m one of those people that will probably look better and better as I get older - until I drop dead of beauty.

I was in the forest jumping around daffodils while everyone was high on heroin.

It seems like the older I get, the more unreal the world becomes. There`s no life without humor. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic moments bearable."

I may not lead the most dramatic life, but in my brain it`s War and Peace everyday.

There`s no life without humour. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic moments bearable.

I like to make the mundane fabulous whenever I can.

I`m your knight in shining armor. I`m here to save you from Linkin Park.

Everything I do, I feel is genius. Whether it is or it isn`t.

I have a good face for what I do.

They wanted me to be, you know, whatever..a little Japanese girl with tiny little fingers who played Rachmaninoff. I could only play Mozart very slowly, so whatever, I had to leave. So I was basically thrown out of the classical world for being a renegade.

Why be in music, why write songs, if you can`t use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life? I believe a lot of our lives are spent asleep, and what I`ve been trying to do is hold on to those moments when a little spark cuts through the fog and nudges you.

[When asked if all his older songs were getting tiresome to sing] "No, they`re all fresh; fresh as daisies!"

Everything I do, I feel is genius. Whether it is or it isn`t.

Life is a game and true love is a trophy.

I may not lead the most dramatic life, but in my brain it`s War and Peace everyday.