I Loathe Celebrity. I Can't

I Hope You Don't Mind, I Hope You Don't Mind, That I Put Into Words, How Wonderful Life Is, Now You're In The World.

I've Got To Think About What I'm Going To Say Very Carefully. There's Two Avenues Of Thought: Do You Stop Everyone Going, Ban All The Artists Coming In From Russia? But Then You're Really Leaving The Men And Women Who Are Gay And Suffering Under The Antigay Laws In An Isolated Situation. As A Gay Man, I Can't Leave Those People On Their Own Without Going Over There And Supporting Them. I Don't Know What's Going To Happen, But I've Got To Go.

Who Really Needs A New Album From Me?

It Took A Child. It Took A Child With A Blood Transfusion Not Only To Wake Me Up, But To Wake America Up, Basically. I Mean, I Read About His Plight In A Doctor's Office In New York In A Magazine. I Was So Outraged About It That I Contacted The Family. We Became Friends. I Helped Them Move To Another Place In Indiana. And We Became Constant Friends.

At Heart I've Always Been A Music Fan. That Part Of Me Has Never Changed Since I Was A Little Kid, Sitting In A Room Watching A Record Go Round, Looking At The Colour Of The Labels.