Oh god, those are both
amazing choices. I love
Cher. I love Dolly. Who
else, Liza, and Ann
Margret. I think that’s
enough females. Believe
me I know it’s hard
working with too many
females.
The Pacific Ocean
People should come
see me on tour
because if they
don’t...
I’ll spank them.
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You’re now a
Vegetarian and
Buddhist?
I’m a vegetarian and I'm
a practicing Nichiren
buddhist. I chant every
day.
Is this a recent thing?
No I’ve been chanting
probably for about 12 years
and vegetarian for years and
years and then I fell off the
wagon but then got back on
the wagon about a year and a
half ago. I just couldn’t
support factory farming
anymore it was just wrong,
really wrong.
Do you have a non
vegetarian food now you
still go back to?
No. The one thing I was
worried about missing,
especially in France, was
rotisserie chicken because it’s
so fucking good and I don’t
miss it at all. It took me a
while because I was loving
meat, living in France there
are vegetarians but people are
pretty much meat eaters and I
was struggling with going
back to vegetarianism, so I’d
have vegetarian days and then
I’d have meat days but after a
while it was just too gross and
I felt it was wrong for me to
do it. Factory farming, it’s not
good for the planet, it’s not
good for your body it’s eating
a living thing’s consciousness.
none of it’s good at all.
You look incredible still…
what’s the secret?
Well I haven’t had plastic
surgery, I haven't had Botox,
but I'm not opposed to one
day cutting. I have cheek
bones from my father who’s
an American Indian and I
have really good skin from
him to. But besides that I do a
lot of breathing exercises
everyday and I think it’s really
getting a lot of oxygen. And I
don’t drink or smoke, I do lots
of cardio, hiking and yoga and
that’s probably pretty much it.
But my Mum looks great and
she’s 75 and she hasn’t had
any work done. I think there’s
a good gene pool.
Complete these
sentences:
I’m never happier than
when I’m….
In yoga class.
If I see a girl with her
knickers tucked in her
skirt I…
Tell her.
Life’s most valuable
lesson is…
Don’t do drugs.
Heaven On Earth is….
Readers Question.
Which has been your
favourite Pride event
to perform at and
why?
Oh gosh, I love doing
the LA Pride that was
really a lot of fun probably because it’s my
home town but I used to love
doing G-A-Y.
Can club remixes for
“Sun” be released?
Oh I think that would be
amazing if there was a club
mix on Sun. It lends itself for
that for sure.
You’re a bit of a twitterer
aren’t you…. Is there one
person you were
genuinely excited was
following you?
William Dalrymple. He’s one
of my favourite authors and
he writes all these amazing
books on India and
Afghanistan and amazing non
fiction. I followed him on
twitter and said ‘what I would
give to meet my favourite
author at William Dalrymple’.
He tweeted me back saying
‘Oh it’s mutual admiration
I’ve been a fan since the GoGo’s.’ He follows me and
sometimes we tweet back and
forth and I’m flattered
because I think he’s an
amazing, amazing writer. ∎
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