I Don't Take Myself As

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.

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.

As A Mother, You Have That Impulse To Wish That No Child Should Ever Be Hurt, Or Abused, Or Go Hungry, Or Not Have Opportunities In Life.

My First Understanding Of Hiv And Aids Was Like Everybody Else From My Generation. In The Mid-'80s, We Heard About This, And It Was Terrifying, Because We Knew Nothing About How To Respond To It Appropriately, And We Didn't Really Understand About How The Virus Is Passed. There Was A Lot Of Misconception About That.

Humankind Seems To Have An Enormous Capacity For Savagery, For Brutality, For Lack Of Empathy, For Lack Of Compassion.