My mother was always supportive.

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

All these songs honestly explore the ups and downs of my reality.

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 classic pop-rock showman?

I have crushes on women all the time.

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 up at the clouds and went, 'Oh!' I realized that we all have our own power, and that whatever I wanted to do, I had to make happen.

Coming up with something new and original is so exciting.