Quotes

I wanted the focus to be on my ability as a singer and as an entertainer - not on my private life.

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

I was really beating myself up about performances and how I looked and this and that.

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

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 started to realize I wasn't like every other boy.

When I was kid, I remember playing 'Vogue' by Madonna over and over and over again. And ah, you know, something about the beat was really cool, and Madonna, visually, was on TV all the time and I thought she was just so beautiful.

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

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

I have nothing to hide.

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.

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

I like to get real pretty.

My mother was always supportive.

I have crushes on women all the time.

At least I can say that I'm honest.

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

My first album was completed in three months.

Those shows I did with Queen were pretty surreal. I was really excited and super-flattered, but intimidated at the same time.

I've been kind of toying around with the bi thing in my head. I wouldn't ever give myself the label 'bisexual', but bi-curious? Yea.

I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay.

I like 'Rocky Horror.'

Female performers have been doing this for years - pushing the envelope about sexuality - and the minute a man does it, everybody freaks out.

There's a certain level of pageantry with 'Idol,' and in order to work the show, you kind of have to feed into it.

I worked at Starbucks when I was 16... It was all right.