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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always loved to write, and I wrote fiction all my life. That's what I thought I was going to do in my life - until I started writing songs.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came out when I was 15 at school, and I realized I had put myself into a precarious situation. It was a very hostile environment for me, and a lot of kids had it in for me. It was a scary situation. I was very impatient. I wanted to grow up now.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hope that I do make music that can speak to anyone. I don't just want to play for a queer crowd.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think, as people, we're isolating ourselves. We're talking to each other through our phones, arguing... those divisions freak me out.
- Goals
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do think it's possible to change people's minds - it's one of my goals with my music.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just like to work with other people, and I like things that are kind of a little bit bigger than that. I don't know. I just feel like a solo record just kind of gives me the willies a little bit.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of my favorite venues is the Bowery Ballroom in New York. I love the room; there's a tiny stage, but I really like the feel of it.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not the easiest person in the world to be partners with. I'm never home. I'm constantly running around the world. I can be impatient. I have a temper. I'm, like, self-obsessed. I'm irritable, self-absorbed.
- Nov 07, 2020
GusGus records are flawless.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's been in my musical DNA since I was a little kid. I think musical theatre has really influenced everything I've done.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is a lot of fun being in the Scissor Sisters.
- Lord
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lord knows, I love a brainless pop song.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
All I really care about is making great music and putting on great shows. I think, to do that, you have to be fearless. It certainly doesn't help to be insecure.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I get a little teary on stage sometimes. It can be really emotional when it dawns on you that people are singing along and having fun.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've grown to love L.A. It was a really touchy transition. It was not the easiest. It took me some years to love it.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
L.A. will never, ever, ever, ever be my town. It'll never be my town. It's not New York.
- Early
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been a much happier person in my early thirties than I was in my twenties.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't let things stress me out, and I'm doing my best with all the battles life presents.
- Fitness
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm such a fitness freak that I eat so plain, it's gross. I have oatmeal in the morning and then I have chicken breasts and vegetables and spinach shakes.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I travel so much and am always living out of a suitcase, so my favorite saying is 'Wherever you go, there you are'. I love it because it's reassuring to me that you have to live in the moment wherever you happen to be.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love Rebel Rebel in Manhattan's West Village for vinyl, but record stores are hard to come by these days. I almost don't even use iTunes. I mostly use music subscription services. But I'll go into Rebel Rebel once a month or so and buy everything I love on vinyl.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom's a Christian and she loves me; that whole side of my family is Christian and I have no problem with it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom gets so upset at me when I say stuff in the press about anything political, and it drives me crazy because I say to my mom: 'I can't be on the side of any sort of war and I'm not going to be.'
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've never been outrageous on stage.
- Dancing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm so crazy about making albums and singing and dancing.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I saw David Bowie in 'Labyrinth' when I was seven or eight. I told my mom I wanted a Bowie record, so we traveled to the mainland, which was, like, a three-hour trip, and I bought 'Let's Dance' and 'Tonight.' 'Let's Dance' blew my little mind. I became obsessed with it.
- Notes
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are only so many chords and notes in the world.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020