Rebel Heart changed everything. First of all, it drove me insane - and made me feel an overwhelming sense of anxiety. It made me second guess everything, because suddenly I thought, 'Oh god, everyone's heard all these demos.'

I do think of myself as a queen, but I don't think I'm the only queen. There's room for other queens. We reign over different kingdoms.

A lot of people saw Marilyn Monroe and Judy Garland as persecuted and tragic and vulnerable, and I think a lot of gay men feel that way because of their particular predicament in society and not being accepted completely.

I love horses. I think I may have been one of Henry VIII’s knights in another life, riding through a great forest.

The self-confidence one builds from achieving difficult things and accomplishing goals is the most beautiful thing of all.

I'm liking the idea more and more of just standing up with a microphone and talking.

I was a buffoon and an idiot until the age of forty