“I’m very inspired by past music.”

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

The kids that are different and out there and expressive and are bold with those choices, those are the people that grow up to be people we all want to hang out with,

If My New Album Isn’t Out in 2014, Something is Seriously Wrong!

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

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

I had a lot of fun with my costume designer.

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.

There’s a certain amount of mind control that happens. Everybody is living in a world where they’re being controlled.

No matter how much money, fame, and fortune you have, it doesn’t mean sh** if it’s not connected with love.

It’s still stuff that fans know and love but it’s a new chapter 100 percent.

Bowie’s been a huge influence on me. I remember early on, my dad pulling out the ‘Diamond Dogs’ album, and the cover alone just grabbed my attention. I think I was probably around 12.

Be inspired but not proud.

So we can feel grateful for what we have been given. Sadness soon disappears and, in return, we get inspired to bless others.

I’ve always been inspired by beautiful interiors.

And that’s ok and I think that I should be inspired by that to know that it’s time to move on.

Instead she inspired people to listen and then act, and to me thats the hallmark of a true leader.

That’s more the kind of thing that get us inspired.

In loving someone, we become inspired to better ourselves in every way.

I’m inspired by the work of those (and sometimes even the people themselves) who strive to inspire.