Elation and pain are experiences that make you realize youre alive. Thank God you feel them; otherwise youd be numb.

I would let my child do whatever made their heart sing

When I realised I wasn't Michael Jackson and I was this 10 year old boy growing up in the suburbs, I was devastated

I was a completely normal kid, the school nerd. In Year 8 and 9 I got picked on. I was a freak- no one understood me. I was the kid who wanted to be abducted by ET. Then all the losers left in Year 10. But I was quite good at school, and very artistic. In Year 11 it turned around. I became one of the coolest kids in school. I was in school musicals- the kid who could sing. It was bizzare. I loved school. It's an amazing little world. The rules inside the school are different from the outside world.

That's what got me into exercise and training my body and my voice. I looked at Madonna as this G.I. Jane superstar. I used to go jogging around my neighborhood at midnight sometimes and I'd be thinking, it'll all be worth it one day.

If you're straight, if you're gay - hey, if you're a horse - and I appeal to you, great!

I think I have a reputation for being really serious. In interviews I use big words, but I'm just an emotional goofball. I play practical jokes all the time.