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

So pretty much, to sum it up, if you can freak someone out and bring that kind of emotion out of somebody with a song, you're doing something right.

I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.

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

The way I look at it is everybody should have the right to get married, if they so choose

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

I try to go throughout my daily life just as if nothing has changed, but you don't have much anonymity anymore, which feels really good. People come up, and say hi and they enjoy your work.