I would stare into the bright lights and imagine I could do anything. Be anything. And I would tell myself it would be me up there one day.

I started when I was really young. I was playing classical music when I was 4 and when I turned 11 I started to write pop music. I guess you could say it was my intellectual evolution and my love of music began to change.

It's funny when people say they see a lot of Madonna in me. I just feel so flattered because I love her and I am just her biggest fan. She is very strong. I love the way she does interviews -you know you won't get anything past her.

In a sense I portray myself in a very androgynous way, and I love androgyny.

Equality cannot be reached if fought in a divisive way.

My apartment is my stage, and my bedroom is my stage - they're just not stages you're allowed to see.

I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community.