Darren Hayes

“Like a lot of my experience in seeing 'Star Wars' movies multiple times is really just to relive that feeling of being a kid.”

“I love the music video for 'Crash and Burn.' I was very excited to work with the director to make something stylistic and graphic.”

“I think of all emotions as just energy. If you see yourself separate from your thoughts, you can choose which ones you give meaning to.”

“I wanted to life the energy of a room when I walked into it and I wanted to take people away from the sadness of life and into a dream world.”

“I'm out, I'm married, I'm a 'celebrity' and I still feel unsafe holding hands in many public situations. That's a reality.”

“I understand why there was a need for hope in 1977. Everything was very grim. So the idea that there could be a future of just infinite possibilities for young people who are about to go out into the world is an amazing feeling as a teenager.”

“The thing with a band is it really is a marriage.”

“Darren Hayes is an artist. Im a singer, I write songs, but the things I do have always been bigger than me.”

“I was done with music and I became very cynical about the industry and Top 40 radio. I didn't even want to look at music for a while, and did a course in screen-writing.”

“I'm not someone who spends my money frivolously.”

“I started singing in my first band in 1992 so I'm coming up to 20 years in this business. That's a long time.”

“I try to balance out my private life with my public job - I have learned to draw a very clear line in the sand and save up hugs and kisses and special moments with friends and family when I can because the job involves a lot of travel away from the people you love.”

“I can tell you first hand - being able to marry the person I love and to live in countries where my marriage is recognized - probably saved my life.”

“Everyone else is too busy judging themselves to be thinking badly of you.”

“I'd really love to go and do a chef's apprenticeship. I really would, I love cooking.”

“I think anyone who creates anything, whether it's yourself as a writer, anyone - when you finish something, it's gone from being just your thing and it's out there, it's a great release.”

“When you hit someone back with understanding or love it stops the cycle of friction. Its not always easy to do, but when youre aware in the moment you have a choice to respond with love or hate. Its not rocket science.”

“I struggled tremendously with anxiety and depression related in part to my sexuality and growing up in a time when to be gay felt to me like a death sentence.”

“It was never going to be easy transitioning from a band to being a solo artist but I accepted that right from the beginning. I'm proud of my work and how I've evolved as artist.”

“I don't want to be a gay or a straight artist. I don't make gay records - I make records.”