I’m trying to convey to my audience that you really can’t judge a book by its cover, and there’s more to the universe than you can see with your eyes.

At least I can say that I’m honest.

I have crushes on women all the time.

I’m inspired by history, different periods.

I’m not a babysitter.

I try not to get trapped in any one musical or visual style at all.

I’m trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.

I have crushes on women all the time. I don’t have intimate relationships with them, but I find women beautiful.

I just talk a lot, that’s the problem.

I get why certain actors want to stay in the closet.

‘Come out’ is so funny to me because I’ve never been in.

I nitpick details.

It’s been a transformative period and I really wanted to make music from what I’ve experienced.

I’ve sung other people’s music all my life.

I’m proud of my sexuality.

My first album was completed in three months.

Right now, I’m not really thinking about marriage.

I was a big fan of Middle Eastern elements of music and experimental electronic and tribal sounds.

I need to be able to explain myself in context.

I breeze through Twitter – I look at the mentions, the pictures, the videos.

I think Lady Gaga is great and is changing pop music and bringing back a certain rock ‘n’ roll spirit, swagger to the game.

Los Angeles can be a really sad city.

There’s no regrets for me.

In middle school, I really didn’t have music, but in high school, I remember taking a lot of choir and drama.

My wish is for gay to become less of a label, and more of just one of many great colors in the collective box of humanity.

Wait a minute, I’m a fan of yours; you can’t be a fan of mine!

Fame is a very strange animal.

I think theatricality is just one way of performing. I don’t think it’s a better way or the way, but it’s my way.

I listen to crazy, robust rock music where they sing their faces off, and soul music, which can be similar.

I think, for the majority of my twenties, I was always so concerned with what I didn’t have, or what I still wanted.

A lot of my male vocal influences are British – people like David Bowie, Freddie Mercury and Robert Plant.

Pop is a little bit theatrical. That’s the whole vibe. That’s the point – is that it’s great music, great melodies, great hooks. But, on top of it, it’s a presentation. There’s a showmanship about...

My mother was always supportive.

Nowadays in pop, there’s not a lot of men that are singing big and loud and high – it’s not as common as it once was.

The kids that are different and out there and expressive and are bold with those choices, those are the people that grow up to be people we all want to hang out with, that become...

I’m so happy to be in a committed relationship.

I think you kind of have to put yourself out there.

I’m proud of my sexuality. I embrace it. It’s just another part of me.

I was afraid to express myself for a while.

Bowie’s been a huge influence on me.

My M.O. is just do what you do and don’t feel like you have to make apologies for it. I’m sure there will come a point when I have to apologize for something, but not...

So pretty much, to sum it up, if you can freak someone out and bring that kind of emotion out of somebody with a song, you’re doing something right.

When I was in high school I was 250 pounds.

I think sometimes we’re meant to do something but things aren’t lined up correctly.

Coming up with something new and original is so exciting.

I definitely have my opinions that I’m very vocal about and I’m not afraid to put them out there.

People want to talk about whether I have rock cred, whether I’m selling out, the theatricality, the gay stuff… Chill out! And just enjoy yourself.

I’m very inspired by past music.

I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it’s fast and broad.