I Suffered Fools So Gladly.

And I'll Remember The Love That You Gave Me, Now That I Am Standing On My Own, I'll Remember The Way That You Changed Me, I'll Remember.

When I First Came Up, The Whole Aids Epidemic Was Starting, And The Gay Community That I Experienced From The Beginning Of My Career Was Mostly - And Overwhelmingly - Concerned With Staying Alive. And, Also, I Felt Really Aware Of The Preciousness Of Life And Time. The Gay Community And People Who Were Hiv-positive Were Treated So Badly, And I Was Very Disturbed By Things. But I Also Saw A Lot Of Love And Connection In The Gay Community At That Time.

I Go To Malawi Twice A Year. It's Where Two Of My Children Were Adopted From, And I Have A Lot Of Projects There That I Go And Check Up On And Children Who I Look After. It's Sort Of A Commitment That I've Made To This Country And The Hundreds Of Thousands Of Children There Who Have Been Orphaned By Aids.

If At First You Don't Succeed, You're Obviously Not Me.

I'm Not Crazy About How Sort Of Homogenized Pop Music Become. It Used To Be Much More Diverse. Maybe It's Just What's Played On The Radio Sounds Very Much The Same.