[Getting older is] experience but it's also changing your mindset.

I was about 16 when punk started to happen... It felt like you had this naive idea that you could change things just by wearing something.

I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.

When I go onstage, I'm going to work ...I feel like my performance is about an emotional connection. I want to connect with people, whether it's like a romantic song or a happy song.

I'd got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.

I am what I am. There's nothing I can do about it.

Remember that I was out of the closet at the age of sixteen. My parents knew I was gay; I'd had to tell them.