I was looking for something and I wasn't sure what it was. [After experimenting with] certain funguses, I had a psychedelic experience where I looked….

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, i….

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

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

There's a certain amount of mind control that happens. Everybody is living in a world where they're being controlled. They're being told what to thin….

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

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

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'm so happy to be in a committed relationship..

When I was in high school I was 250 pounds..

It's late at night and I can't sleep. Missing you just runs too deep. Oh I can't breathe, thinking of your smile. Every kiss I can't forget, this ….

The only lifestyle I'm promoting is the lifestyle of love and friendship. The lifestyle of music, and joy, and fashion. So whoever wants to come and ….

No escaping when I start, once I'm in I own your heart.

The biggest risk I've ever taken is going on American Idol and trying to be myself. I wasn't going to try too hard to conform, and I knew that it cou….

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 ….

I have crushes on women all the time..

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

We don't have a lot of men on stage doing flamboyant or theatrical. We have a lot of female pop stars doing it, but where are the guys? Where's the c….

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

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 sligh….

You are so much more, than your orientation, you know it and I know it..