My mother was a single working mother; she started having children very young. There was a tension inside her about who she wanted to be and what she wanted to do and how she couldn’t achieve the things she wanted to.

I've never sold my publishing. I have 100% control of all of my publishing and that includes everything, every use of my songs.

The research phase was really fascinating - I'm not a closeted nerd, I'm an out-of-the-closet nerd.

I wish I had appreciated my youth - I should have worn tighter clothing when I could have!

I've had a large gay following for many years and have been quite aware of that.

I’ve always considered it a great privilege to be a musician, I’ve never lost sight of that.

It's really wonderful to be able to be nobody, and then have a moment when I can be somebody, and then go right back to being nobody again.