“For me with “The Apprentice,” it kind of blew out my business brain. I don’t really think of myself as a business person.”

The best thing you can do is work on your personality because we’re all gonna get ugly.

[Arnold Schwarzenegger] is really good at [‘The New Celebrity Apprentice’ show]. Totally different energy to our potential president, but he’s cool.

The problem with being on the road – especially in a hot place like Florida – is that you can begin to think you’re on holiday.

I don’t get all this Speedo stuff actually, I mean, whatever happened to the feather boa?

You find out so many interesting things when you’re not on drugs.

The Democratic party of Florida has put a temperance plank in its platform and the Republican party of every state would nail that plank in their platform if they thought it would carry the election.

This is the wonderful truth, my dear friends: the Word, which became flesh two thousand years ago, is present today in the Eucharist

I’m always tweeting about food and things that I’ve made.

Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance.

You get older and you suddenly realize the only person you’re in competition with is yourself.

Part of me looks at the gay movement now and worries that we’re losing our individuality.

A lot of people come up to me all the time and say thank you for helping me be who I am. So my thing wasn’t just about sexuality. It was about anyone who felt different; anyone who felt out of place. Being gay was one part of it.

Whenever there’s an interview with me, I might read it, but I don’t read the comments because they’re so hateful sometimes.

And being gay isn’t so easy, either I’ve always said that if anyone ever thought I was straight they must need glasses – but when I finally came out and said, “Yes, I do sleep with men and I’m gay,” yeah, I lost record sales. There’s no question – big, big time.

What a beautiful voice he had and his music will live on as a testament to his talent. I can’t believe he is gone. I hope the Buddha will hold him in his arms. NMRK.

A lot of Donna Summer and things that maybe weren’t trendy anymore or weren’t hip in gay clubs but you’d hear them at Taboo.

The Humane Society is so great to work with. Because everyone there is so nice and supportive, and they’re all animal lovers like me.

Personally, I can’t see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband in a nice four-color catalogue than in the average downtown bar at happy hour.

My favorite moments? Where it’s all going swimmingly, the sun’s out and I’ve got a fire going and a nice snake on the barbecue.

I am a nice person. I care about my driver having lunch, you know.

There’s people making babies to my music. That’s nice.

I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don’t know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don’t bother to become interesting.

Some people are more nice than wise.

Once we played at the Fillmore opposite The Cream. Eric Clapton was there and he played his ass off that night …