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

Los Angeles can be a really sad city.

I’m trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.

I was looking for something and I wasn’t sure what it was. [After experimenting with] certain funguses,

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

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.

I know that they want certain things and they’re in a certain room and they smell like this and they look like that.

At a certain point you have to make a decision in your life about where will you best serve

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

I was looking for something and I wasn’t sure what it was. [After experimenting with] certain funguses,

It is a good thing to proceed in order and to establish propositions. This is the way to gain ground and to progress with certainty.

There’s a certain level of pageantry with ‘Idol,’ and in order to work the show, you kind of have to feed into it.

There is a certain destiny of everything, regulated by the foreknowledge and providence of God in His works.

I think Lady Gaga is great and is changing pop music and bringing back a certain rock ‘n’ roll spirit, swagger to the game.