I wanted to create something that was quite edgy and belonged to me. It wasn't about my sexual orientation, because I'm heterosexual. It was saying that appearance is just temporary, and I want to be as strong as a man.

What's really interesting is when you get a brand-new wave that has no connection to anything else. It always reflects society. The flappers would cut the dresses and make them looser, they smoked, their hair was short. It was a rebellion against the corset and the Edwardian era.

Pop stars are so busy having a career that they don't really have a lot of time for activism.

Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.

You can live with almost any condition if you're living within a community of people who can share a common understanding.

You have a bigger view, of something bigger than you, and you have to view that and take that in mind. At times you feel like despair rises up over hope, then other times you feel hopeful again.

You have to face things, have faith in what you do and go for it. Think, 'What's the worst that could happen?'