“And they don’t deserve that. What you’re doing by being yourself is you’re keeping it real, and you’re being really brave.”

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

People come up, and say hi and they enjoy your work.

I think the British audience might be more open-minded with some of my imagery and weird choices.

I think sometimes we’re meant to do something but things aren’t lined up correctly.

So whoever wants to come and get part of that lifestyle, we accept anybody.

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

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

Obviously when you are doing a recording, things aren’t gonna translate as over-the-top.

I definitely have my opinions that I’m very vocal about and I’m not afraid to put them out there.

My first album was completed in three months.

That become celebrities or become really successful in what they do because they believe in who they are.

I’m so happy to be in a committed relationship.

I’m a freak in the fondest way possible.

lf. I wasn’t going to try too hard to conform, and I knew that it could possibly not work out.

You can march to your own beat. It’s so hard sometimes in our country because conformity is the way things are pushed.

Look at life all around; everything is growing, everything is moving forward. Therefore I recommend keeping in touch with life and with art.

My professional persona never loosens its grip, keeping an eye on me at all times.

There are others who are putting things out there or throwing a stick and hiding their hand and keeping things built up in the media.

Thanks to my traveling, and keeping up from place to place, and pushing our ideology – peace, love, unity, and having fun – it has worked.

My whole life, I’ve been responding in a positive way and keeping a positive mind, keeping God first in my heart, in my mind.

I don’t put big concepts on my work, and it’s all often about keeping actors in a room together and not letting them leave.

You want the tension to escalate. Keeping them there is the hardest part, so you have to take away any excuse for them to leave.

And I’ve concluded, after careful consideration, that this person keeping score is me.