People want to be famous, they want to be loved, they want to be accepted. They want to push aside their past and the things that have been embarrassing to them.

Random things make me laugh.

I'll take on somebody if they're offending the entire culture, not just offending me.

I don't think somebody can just, like, wave a magic wand and make you a star.

Onstage, I'm still wearing my fabulous, sheer dresses because I'm not that big.

... coming to a place like Nashville, which is just music music music, it's always been such an influence on me. And there are so many interesting songwriters out there, and it's such a crazy business and so many people are trying to do it, and it's all right there in Nashville.

I don't need to be redundant to the gay community about what's wrong and what isn't happening for them.