“Ive only dressed in drag three or four times.”

Fantasy is so much hotter than reality most of the time.

There’s always gonna be people that are scared of it. But at the end of the day you give those bullies, those people, that are so ignorant, if you give them the power to affect you, you’re letting them win.

When you dance and move around it creates a different reaction from the audience – they love it.

I want to upset people, I want to make people think, I want to keep people interested.

Conforming is not cool. Embracing who you are and what makes you different is actually what’s really cool.

I have crushes on women all the time.

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

The biggest risk I’ve ever taken is going on American Idol and trying to be myse

I am gay, and I’m very comfortable with it.

Carving out an identity for yourself is important so I’m trying to do that as well.

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

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.

It’s late at night and I can’t sleep.

Life is all about taking risk to get what you want.

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

I wanted to look different because I felt different