When I feel confused or depressed, I remember back to junior high and I silently repeat, 'This, too, shall pass.'

I've been aware of my gay fans since album one. There has been such great support from that community and it has gone both ways.

I still like to keep all the love songs for the Grobanites, I like to make sure that they know those are just for them.

Singing brings out in me what I can't normally bring out in everyday life. It's an incredible feeling to be able to bare your soul to people you've never met in a way that can make them understand so clearly what you mean. That's what I love most about singing ... it becomes my truest form of communication.

If I'm in a relationship, I'll go to the ends of the earth. If I'm on the road and we have a conversation, and she says, "God, I really wish I was there with you right now," I'll hang up the phone, send a car, and have the plane ready.

No matter who we are, no matter what our circumstances, our feelings and emotions are universal.

I know that life is a journey I must accept and that pain and confusion are temporary. I know that if I follow my heart, it will lead me where I belong.