Aus / Out Beschämend / Shameful Erkannte / Realized Etwas / Something Kam / Came Lager / Camp Sein / Being Zuerst / First
My being gay is not a social issue; it's a fact. It's not something to be debated. It's a reality.
I played my first show when I was 17, and that was a big moment. I realized it was something I could keep doing.
The poem, for me, is simply the first sound realized in the modality of being.
I've got big shoes to fill. This is my chance to do something. I have to seize the moment.
Why should you be content with so little? Why shouldn't you reach out for something big?
Being in my best shape, my conditioning, it's something I pride myself in.
I just do what I do. It's not something that should be revered as something that's great.
My first record came out in 1961 and then I had one come out in 1962 and then I had two that came out in 1964.
When I hear something going wrong, I insist on it being put right.
