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If My New Album Isn't Out in 2014, Something is Seriously Wrong!
I started rejecting the proper way to sing and I started singing.
All these songs honestly explore the ups and downs of my reality.
I try not to get trapped in any one musical or visual style at all.
I wouldn't ever give myself the label bisexual, but bi-curious, yeah.
My dad is a Deadhead, my mom's a Jewish-American princess from Jersey.
I'm proud of my sexuality. I embrace it. It's just another part of me.
I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay.
You are so much more, than your orientation, you know it and I know it.
I breeze through Twitter - I look at the mentions, the pictures, the videos.
Love overcomes hate. Love has no color. Love has no orientation. All is love.
You know, if it weren't for these fans, I wouldn't have gotten as far as I did.
I wasn't unhappy, but I was a little like: 'Is this it? Really?' I was thirsty.
I think sometimes we're meant to do something but things aren't lined up correctly.
Carving out an identity for yourself is important so I'm trying to do that as well.
I think it's up to the parents to discern what their child is watching on television.
I was really beating myself up about performances and how I looked and this and that.
I want to upset people, I want to make people think, I want to keep people interested.
The way I look at it is everybody should have the right to get married, if they so choose
The way I look at it is everybody should have the right to get married, if they so choose.
It's been a transformative period and I really wanted to make music from what I've experienced.
When you dance and move around it creates a different reaction from the audience - they love it.
I definitely have my opinions that I'm very vocal about and I'm not afraid to put them out there.
I think the British audience might be more open-minded with some of my imagery and weird choices.
I wanted the focus to be on my ability as a singer and as an entertainer - not on my private life.
I was a big fan of Middle Eastern elements of music and experimental electronic and tribal sounds.
You can't plan everything - if I did a performance exactly how I rehearsed it, it would be so boring.
Conforming is not cool. Embracing who you are and what makes you different is actually what’s really cool.
A lot of my male vocal influences are British - people like David Bowie, Freddie Mercury and Robert Plant.
No matter how much money, fame, and fortune you have, it doesn't mean sh** if it's not connected with love.
I listen to crazy, robust rock music where they sing their faces off, and soul music, which can be similar.
I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.
In middle school, I really didn't have music, but in high school, I remember taking a lot of choir and drama.
I have crushes on women all the time. I don't have intimate relationships with them, but I find women beautiful.
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.
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 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.
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.
I think Lady Gaga is great and is changing pop music and bringing back a certain rock 'n' roll spirit, swagger to the game.
Those shows I did with Queen were pretty surreal. I was really excited and super-flattered, but intimidated at the same time.
Be who you want to be - be free in your own skin, be liberated and feel beautiful, and do what you want to do without judgement
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'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.
Female performers have been doing this for years - pushing the envelope about sexuality - and the minute a man does it, everybody freaks out.
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've been known to make out with girls from time to time. Couple drinks involved, you know, it's fun. And who knows, maybe it'll go further someday.
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 would love to do a live show with dancers and fashion and scenic elements - definitely bring my love of the theater to a concert-style performance.
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.