Adam Lambert

“People want to talk about whether I have rock cred, whether I'm selling out, the theatricality, the gay stuff... Chill out! And just enjoy yourself.”

“I'm proud of my sexuality.”

“Female performers have been doing this for years - pushing the envelope about sexuality - and the minute a man does it, everybody freaks out.”

“I started rejecting the proper way to sing and I started singing.”

“Conforming is not cool.”

“I think it's up to the parents to discern what their child is watching on television.”

“I love myself and I am a good person.”

“I try to go throughout my daily life just as if nothing has changed, but you don't have much anonymity anymore, which feels really good. People come up, and say hi and they enjoy your work.”

“Pop is a little bit theatrical. That's the whole vibe. That's the point - is that it's great music, great melodies, great hooks. But, on top of it, it's a presentation. There's a showmanship about it. And that's why I wanted to be a pop star.”

“I breeze through Twitter - I look at the mentions, the pictures, the videos.”

“I'm very inspired by past music.”

“I think, for the majority of my twenties, I was always so concerned with what I didn't have, or what I still wanted.”

“At least I can say that I'm honest.”

“I'm proud of my sexuality. I embrace it. It's just another part of me.”

“I think theatricality is just one way of performing. I don't think it's a better way or the way, but it's my way.”

“There's no regrets for me.”

“I try not to get trapped in any one musical or visual style at all.”

“A lot of my male vocal influences are British - people like David Bowie, Freddie Mercury and Robert Plant.”

“I nitpick details.”

“My wish is for gay to become less of a label, and more of just one of many great colors in the collective box of humanity.”