Don't Ask For Anyone's Permission To Follow

I Was Raised Around A Lot Of Artists, Musicians, Photographers, Painters And People That Were In Theater. Just Having The Art-communal Hippie Experience As A Child, There Wasn't A Clear Line That Was Drawn. We Celebrated Creative Experience And Creative Expression. We Didn't Try And Curtail It And Stunt Any Of That Kind Of Growth.

Follow Your Dreams, Quit Your Job

When I Was A Kid, I Used To Live In New York City. There Was A Guy Named Michael Alig. He Used To Throw Parties. And A Couple Of Times, I Even Worked For Him And His Crew, And Handed Out Fliers, And Had My Super-high Shoes On, And Wearing Silver Saran Wrap Around My Head Or Something. It's A World I Was Really Comfortable In: A World Full Of Individuals. I Think What I Like About That World - Besides My Own Personal Interests - Is The Individualism, The Investment In The Self.

I Never Look At Myself As A Closet Actor Wanting To Make Music Or A Closet Musician Wanting To Act — I’m Very Proud To Do Both And I Don’t Put One Above The Other, I’m Very Grateful And Excited By Both Opportunities — It’s Really A Unique Opportunity To Do Both.

You Know You’re Really Famous When There’s Rumors About You Being Gay.