"Hedwig: I lost my job at the base PX, and I lost my gag reflex. You do the math."

"Hedwig: How did some slip of a girlyboy from Communist East Berlin become the internationally ignored song stylist ba…"

"Hedwig: She came up to me after the show and I thought, "This lady wants a piece of me." So, you know, I was alone, I…"

"Hedwig: Tommy, can you hear me? From this milkless tit you sucked the very business we call show!"

"Hedwig: I scraped by with odd jobs, mostly the jobs we call blow."

"Hedwig: It is clear that I must find my other half. But is it a he or a she? What does this person look like? Identic…"

"Hedwig: I grew up listening to the American masters: Toni Tennille, Debbie Boone, Anne Murray--who was actually a Can…"

"Hedwig:(singing) My sex change operation got botched/ My guardian angel fell asleep on the watch/ Now all I've got is…"

"Hedwig:(singing) Now, there was three sexes, one looked like two men back to back/ called the Children of the Sun/ an…"

"Hedwig: He played me songs. The bands were new to me: Boston, Kansas, America, Europe, Asia. Travel exhausts me."