If you have intercourse you run the risk of dying and the ramifications of death are final.

In the darkest place, shed the brightest light.

I don't know many people who don't have somebody in their family who's a part of the gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgender community. It's not like they're aliens or outsiders. This is family.

Mix sheer hypocrisy with mediocrity, You play it safe every time.

Where I come from, if you see your family and friends' civil rights being taken away, you speak up and do everything you can to keep that from happening!

My music is about a joyful experience. I've learned that if you can affect other people, you should.

Men and women are different. I don't think men grow a brain until 26 or even 30. Girls mature a lot quicker.