Wisdom worth sharing, words worth remembering.
Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion – very powerful emotions. That's what draws millions of people towards it. And um I found myself always going for these darker places and – people identify with that.
I think music is the most phenomenal platform for intellectual thought.
I would say that although my music may be or may have been part of the cultural background fabric of the gay community I consider myself an outsider who belongs everywhere and nowhere… Being a human being is what truly counts. That's where you'll find me.
Money is a good thing and it's obviously useful but to work only for money or fame would never interest me.
We all fight over what the label 'feminism' means but for me it's about empowerment. It's not about being more powerful than men – it's about having equal rights with protection support justice. It's about very basic things. It's not a badge like a fashion item.
Although I have lived in London I have never really considered London my home because it was always going to be a stopping-off point for me and it has been too.
I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era.
I mean I'm 48 years old and I've been through a lot in my life – you know loss whether it be death illness separation. I mean the failed expectations… We all have dreams.
Dying is easy it's living that scares me to death.
I don't have clear-cut positions. I get baffled by things. I have viewpoints. Sometimes they change.
Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.
The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and now and I try to make the best of those moments the moments that I'm in.