I am regarded as a usurper, as an imposter and dilettante, because I do technically come from the wrong side of the tracks in musical terms..

I've developed a bit of a fascination with John Denver. I always thought he was kind of tacky and somewhat revolting and had a kind of simplistic wei….

It seems like the older I get, the more unreal the world becomes..

Arguably, the relationship between Liza Minnelli and Judy Garland is one of the great mother-daughter sagas of all time. Certainly, for certain peopl….

I really do fear that I'm dying I really do fear that I'm dead I saw it in your eyes what I'm looking for I saw it in your eyes what will make me liv….

My love of maple syrup. I've been known to knock back a can over a couple days: A swig here, a swig there, and next thing you know it's gone. It's a ….

I was keenly aware that I didn't want to draw on too many typically doomed aspects of the fated singer. Whether it's Judy Garland or Norma Desmond, t….

My parents were serious working musicians, but they were not stars - not like pop stars that you have now. They had to make a living and that meant t….

I'll be honest, I worry sometimes about what I've done. I have tied my whole person to my art and, whatever it takes to get that hook, I will go ther….

The more hedonistic you were, the better...I very much subscribed to that as a young artist..

One of the main destructive forces within our family has been these runaway egos. I think if you look at any show business family, that struggle exis….

I personally don’t have the ability to lie about my life, for better or for worse..

I wish I could just relax sometimes and make some money, but I always feel like I have to prove some kind of big, profound point..

Mowing your lawn is against nature..

The operas I listen to aren't in English, and I want to listen to my opera after I'm done with it. I want to have the desire to play it on the stereo….

I was in the forest jumping around daffodils while everyone was high on heroin..

But I don't even think you hear me at all Under your medieval ceiling behind your biblical wall.

Life is a game and true love is a trophy..

I definitely consider 'Poses' - the whole album in fact - to be kind of a miracle. Like the last breath of that moment when decadence is healthy, 'Po….

The Germany I was enthused with was more old fashioned and kind of romantic. I just got there, and the next thing you know, I had this huge gilded al….

My cheeks explode when I smile. Thats why I have to look so nonplussed..