I still believe that love is the most powerful force in the world, even though I am yet to experience it fully.

I very much faced my mother's death with hard, arduous and time-consuming labor. The more I would do, the less I would feel.

I have never cooked a meal in my life and always end up paying for dozens of people to eat with me.

The thing I hate most is false modesty. The artists who are, like, "Oh, you know, I'm really not that good. Oh, I can't believe I'm here." I find it vaguely sinister, even.

I do not consider myself a guitar player. My father is a guitar player - I'm not.

The artist who gave me the most inspiration and direction, especially as a singer - and I absolutely consider myself a singer, 100 percent - is Nina Simone. She's my ultimate pianist-singer-type person.

When I was signed, at the age of 23...the fact that I presented myself as an out gay man was very, very unusual.