I think people would be surprised by his [Alessandro Michele] humility.

No one has to give you permission to make music or make art.

You know you’re really famous when there’s rumors about you being gay.

There are always going to be people that are judgmental that are going to say, 'Well, he was an actor first, so he doesn't have the right to be a musician,' or, 'I know him as this, so therefore I will never accept him as that.' I can't change those people. I can only be myself. And I can only keep making art. I can only do the best that I can. I am not going to spend my life trying to silence the critics. I'm going to do what I'm passionate about and follow my dreams.

Learn to laugh at your problems, cause everybody else does.

I Lived on the street when i was a kid, i wasn’t even at school, so i had a whole different set of experiences for those formative years. I was gone… i was in a very precarious place when i was younger.

My mother is very, very smart and commands respect because she has a lot of respect for herself.