I have insomnia, and it's hard for me to sit still for a long time. My mind is always "tick, tick, tick."

I was a 12 year old kid in Northern Idaho listening to Billie Holiday and Lena Horne and Sarah Vaughan and Nat King Cole. This whole genre of music is a part of who I am.

People may have said, "The dude's gay; how are we going to market this?" But it's not an issue for me, because being out is very freeing.

Looking at the original lyrics [of "A Song For You" ] as I was preparing it, I thought, "Wow! I feel like it was written for me." That's what a great song does. You don't have to do a lot of homework. You can just say the words and it springs to life.

I think God has a plan for all of us, and even if that plan includes Hell, its still a plan.

You sing songs hundreds of times over and over, but certain ones just morph and naturally, as you age and get life experience, take on a different form as well. When I was looking at songs for the album, I thought, "Which are the ones that connect with me the most? What do I think would work in album form?" Almost all of them I've done in shows.

I understand why the gay community wants to embrace actors who are out. People want to be represented.