I love David Bowie and Cher and Diana Ross. I wanted to follow in their footsteps. So I set out to do that in a rock-'n'-roll band in Atlanta, Georgia. That led me to nightclubs and to the sort of Andy Warhol experience of creating a personality.

Life is about using the whole box of crayons.

My music is a reflection of what I really love to listen to, pop, dance, mid tempo dance and ballads.

Don't be afraid to use all the colors in the crayon box.

What other people think of me is not my business. What I do is what I do. How people see me doesn’t change what I decide to do.

Sacrifices have to be made if you want to make a dent in the world, and that's what I started out to do - to make a dent in pop culture.

SOmetimes life isn't fair, and straight people are straight up crazy.