"I never wanted to sing. I just wanted to play rhythm guitar—hide in the back and do that."

"I'm a very sarcastic person."

"To be positive at all times is to ignore all that is important, sacred or valuable. To be negative at all times is to be threatened by ridiculousness and instant discredibility."

"I started being really proud of the fact that I was gay, even though I wasn't."

"I even thought that I was gay. I thought that might be the solution to my problem. Although I never experimented with it, I had a gay friend and then my mother wouldn't allow me to be friends with him…"