I get hugs all the time from strangers. I do believe that people can feel your persona when you perform live, but it is one of the nicest things if you can translate that on your records.

Losing people is dark, but some things you just have to accept.

I believe all positive things and negative things are valuable because they shape you.

When you have put all your faith in man and continue to be disappointed, don't you hope there is something out of there that is not of human element?

We had some wonderful people raising us, but they still weren't our parents. As you get older, it gets distorted and convoluted, complicated, and, of course, you start looking for attention, affection, affinity in all the wrong places and in all the wrong ways.

What you see is what you get. My God, I don't have the time nor the energy to live up to some persona.