Occupation: Vocalizer Birth: January 24, 1944 Death: August 6, 1983
Sometimes I sing very honestly, really as moving as possible..
A man without makeup is like a cake without icing..
I did every thing, even dirty jobs like dishwashing or delivery boy for a grocer..
I go on stage and people like what I look like; as soon as I'm outside I feel like I have to hide, because people laugh at me, because of the way I l….
People are so nice to each other on holidays...especially at Christmas. Why don't people beat up each other at Christmas? Now that would be fun!.
I come as the wicked witch from the Barock era..
The way I look is part of it. It sounds affected but I do see myself as a piece of living art..
I feel threatened, and sometimes it makes me angry because I can't do anything about that, there's just too many issues. But in a way I think my work….
Every time I bought a Rock and Roll record, I bought a classical record at the same time. I like each as well as the other..
I think I do have my own technique. I don't like to depend on teachers. So I'm walking on my own way, and I try to be as natural as I can. I think it….
What makes life complicated is the things that are on me and it is very hard to keep things simple. I see it as I am complicated and there is innocen….
I am singing in an operatic voice for the public, to bring something more to Rock and Roll. Because in a Rock and Roll performance, the singer talks ….
When I was twelve, the biggest name in Rock and Roll was Elvis Presley. I bought an EP, "King Creole". I hid it in the basement, but my mother found ….
People should allow me to be many things, really give me the room to put things in another dimension..
I'd like to thank everyone for supporting me and making me believe in my work..
People do accuse me of being just decorative or an escapist - well I am. That's what I do. I am other things as well. I transcend the song and give i….
My music is L-O-V-E because it's a gift, and you only give something when you feel it deeply..
It was just as shocking for me to sing opera in a falsetto soprano in Germany..
I approach everything as an absolute outsider. It is the only way I can break so many rules..
There are moments in my show that are very moving as well as amusing..
The way I look it is hard to look like a normal person. You know, in the streets when I was a kid, people always said I looked strange, and it made m….