Living In England Was Wonderfully Civil And

I Stayed In L.a. Long Enough To Get On My Feet, And Then I Moved Back To New York. The Reason I Moved Here Was That I Don't Feel Warm Outside Of A City; It's Too Barren In The Suburbs, And L.a. Is A Suburb. Here, It Felt Active.

I Don't Think I'm Lucky; I Think I Have A Tough Constitution. That's A Lot Of It. And I've Been Wise Enough To Listen To Other People. I Was Unconsciously Cultivating As Many Straight Friends As I Could.

I Wanted To Learn A Little Bit About Acting, Not Because I Thought I'd Find A Star Vehicle And Set The World On Fire, But I Thought The Discipline Of It Would Be Good For Me. I Met A Good Coach, And I Joined Her Class - With A Lot Of Hungry Young Actors Who Really Didn't Acre If I Was A Rock 'n' Roll Singer Or Not. I Started To Learn To Get A Focus, Without Having To Jump Up And Down Every Few Seconds.

Musical Types Tend To Combine The Burden Of The Author With The Burden Of The Actor.

I Try To Beat Back The Producers And Engineers So They - There's Not An Excess Of Stuff Used To Squeeze My Voice To Make It Artificial. There's A Person In There, And People Will Listen; If They Hear Another Person Speak To Them, They'll Listen Because It's Lonely Out Here.