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

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

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….

Writing an opera and premiering in England, you could say I was going right into the eye of the storm and I came out successfully. A little tattered ….

I came out of the closet very young, and I had to cut my teeth pretty fast..

Growing up, for years and years I had no idea what the plots of operas were, and that's part of what fascinated me - I could make them up and learn b….

I'm not a terrible smoker, actually. My major addiction, which is horrible, is straight boys..

After years of hotels, I'm horribly inept at cleaning up after myself..

Mowing your lawn is against nature..

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

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

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 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..

I'm 33 and in my "Jesus year," and I want it all right now. I want a perfect body. I want to have a perfect love affair. I want every member of my fa….

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've had my ups and downs, and I definitely have a sense - in America, especially - that once you've made your mark and gotten your Rolling Stone pie….

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….

For better or worse, I've always been curious musically. Whether it's opera or Judy Garland or pop, I've deliberately sought those things out. I've n….

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….

Premiering a new opera is probably one of the hardest things in the world to do, and opening nights of any opera are always pretty stressful..

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