I think what made it difficult for people to get, and still makes it difficult for people to get, is the theatrical nature of the work and the fact that, my music doesn’t exist without the performance-art element.
I guess you could say I devoted myself so strongly to my music that for awhile I forgot about my family. But I only get one set of parents, and I think I forgot about that for a little while.
I love imperfections.
You think I’m going to ask these sweet 14 year olds to ask their parents to buy a $100 ticket then run around in latex and lip sync? No way.
I try to not focus on what people expect from me.
My apartment is my stage, and my bedroom is my stage – they’re just not stages you’re allowed to see.
It was my delusion and naivety that brought me here.
How I love David Bowie.
I am so excited to extend myself behind the scenes as a designer and to – as my father puts it – finally have a real job.
I’m inspired by fashion. I’m inspired by the moonlight. I’m inspired by sex and pornography and slasher films.
I don’t like celebrities; I don’t hang out with them; I don’t relate to that life.
Making ziti for the Chicago Fire Department! I hope they’re not too busy today, but this should fill their bellies I hope they like it!
I like pushing boundaries.
I just am committed wholeheartedly to theatre with no intermission.
So there’s nothing more provocative than taking a genre that everybody who’s cool hates – and then making it cool.
It sometimes makes people feel better about themselves, you know, to put other people down, or make fun of them, or maybe make mockery of their work and that doesn’t make me feel good at all.
There really is no difference between the bully and the victim.
I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it’s my mind.
I don’t see myself as ever being like anybody else.
I take medication every day for mental illness and depression and don’t feel bad about it.