I'm doing everything that I can, working with experts, really studying the statistics to figure out a way we can make it cool or normal to be kind and loving.

The instrument that I never learned how to play was my fans. You know, they are the part of the story that nobody teaches you. I just want to do the right thing; I want to be a voice with them, among them.

I feel that homophobia runs rampant in the music industry, and that artists are allowed to speak openly in a hateful way, in a homophobic way, in a misogynistic way, and the press does not challenge them. And I'm going to be taking a very strong stance against that, and I am an artist who refuses to accept that behavior.

I just want my family to be safe. Because I am sometimes polarizing, I fear for their safety.

I was called really horrible, profane names very loudly in front of huge crowds of people, and my schoolwork suffered at one point.

I don't view myself as outrageous - that's not the intention. Its to be more and more original.

Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer.