I like 'Rocky Horror.'

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

I am gay, and I'm very comfortable with it.

The biggest risk I've ever taken is going on American Idol and trying to be myself. I wasn't going to try too hard to conform, and I knew that it could possibly not work out.

I was a big fan of Middle Eastern elements of music and experimental electronic and tribal sounds.

When I was in high school I was 250 pounds.

My dad is a Deadhead, my mom's a Jewish-American princess from Jersey.