You can never stop discovering music.

There's no better way to process pain than to write.

You can't be an openly gay movie star. You can't be an openly gay pop star, really - minus Ricky Martin.

I don't really mess with Instagram much, but I get why people love it. Because to me, it's better to tell a story through a picture than 140 characters.

Caring about what people think of me decreases everyday.

You can't really invest in your looks as the only thing because it's a depreciating asset. It's like putting money into a stock that's going down.

Sometimes I look at where we've come to, and how much technology and advancement there is, and I can't believe that we're not this perfectly balanced, beautiful, peaceful society. I'm shocked that we're so deeply polarized, that there are people who want progress and they feel guilty for wanting progress, because it somehow seems un-American, because being American means staying ignorant and going backward.