Quotes

I'm not a babysitter.

I try to go throughout my daily life just as if nothing has changed, but you don't have much anonymity anymore, which feels really good. People come up, and say hi and they enjoy your work.

Bowie's been a huge influence on me.

There are female artists I can look at that I find more in common with than the male artists, because they're blending the pop, dance and theatricality... but currently there aren't a lot of guys who go there.

I don't feel closeted.

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

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

I nitpick details.

After my tour I had time to stay at home, be with my boyfriend and hang out with friends and that brought me down to earth and helped me write music from a more relaxed place.

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

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.

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.

You know, if it weren't for these fans, I wouldn't have gotten as far as I did.

I never wore full-on eyeliner in high school, but I wanted to.

I was afraid to express myself for a while.

I had self-esteem issues into my early 20s.

I didn't feel attractive in high school.

I had a lot of fun with my costume designer.

I've always been fond of the glam-rocker title.

For me, one of the important things about keeping vocally healthy is warming up and making sure I'm aware where my voice is at, drinking lots of water and getting plenty of sleep, and just taking care of myself with exercise and eating healthy.

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 yet.

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

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

Yeah, I think speculation keeps things really interesting.

I think the difficult thing is the transition between TV competition series and going into the actual music industry. There still seems to be a slight disconnect there.