And It's One More Beer

But We Came For The Kennedy Center Awards, Which Was An Incredible Honor. Being A British Person, I Was Bestowed This Honor. And My Partner And I, David, Came. And We Were So Pleasantly Surprised By George Bush And His Knowledge Of Aids. He Really - He Treated David And I - And Laura - Treated Us Like - They Were So Friendly And So Courteous.

And The Stigma Hasn't Really Changed That Much In 31 Years. You Are Still Getting People - It's A Shame-based Disease. It's Based On Sexual Transmission. And It's Still Shame-based. And Until People Feel Strong Enough And Feel Loved Enough To Actually Open Up And Say, Listen, I'm Hiv-positive, Then We Are Facing An Uphill Battle.

Johnny, Can't You Come Out To Play In Your Empty Garden?

I Wasn't Involved In Anything. I Wasn't Out - You Know, I Know I Wasn't In Act Up. I Wasn't With Larry Kramer. I Wasn't By His Side. I Wasn't Saying What I Should Do, Because, By All Accounts, I Was A Drug Addict And An Alcoholic. And I Was Living In A Complete Bubble Of Self-absorption.

I Still Want To Play Music But I Don't Want To Look Like Donald Duck While I'm Doing It.