Troye Sivan

“I've definitely always had a passion for entertaining.”

“It's really empowering when, as an artist, you can visualize something and then have the final product turn out the way you wanted it to.”

“I share every aspect of my life with the Internet. Whether or not that's a good thing, I don't know.”

“I'm most proud of my work in the LGBTQ space. Feels like, above all else, that's something I want to do for the rest of my life.”

“Before I came out, the thought of someone calling me gay, even when I knew very well that I was, was petrifying.”

“The things that excite me are staying home and cooking.”

“Before coming out, I remember distinctly feeling like there was a delay on my life.”

“I think pop music is in such an exciting place right now, and I do kind of credit that to Lorde with 'Royals.' I think that song changed everything in the pop scene. All of the sudden, alternative pop music became pop music.”

“In front of a big group of people, in front of cameras, to be in my body and be in that moment, I feel the way that I've always wanted to feel - like a real pop star who is not holding anything back.”

“Ever since I was a little kid, I got bored, so I learned to sing, and I started singing lessons. And then anytime I was bored, I would start writing and start messing around on my computer, making beats. Then I got bored and started making YouTube videos; that changed my life in a big way.”

“I want to have kids and a hot husband.”

“I'm lucky enough to exist in 2018, where I have a record label that's like, 'Write whatever you want to write.' I don't have to hide anything.”

“A lot of being a good voice is knowing when I have a place to speak and when it's appropriate. And to speak from the heart when I do.”

“I know who I am, and I know what my ambitions are. If one kid sees me on TV or sees me in a movie and relates, then I'm done. That's perfectly fine. That's enough for me.”

“People think I must have pushy parents, but that's not the case.”

“I feel like I'm the most creative when I'm bored.”

“I watched pretty much every coming out video on YouTube that has ever been posted; I watched it in between 14 and a half and 15. Those coming out videos, and those people on YouTube, those brave, brave, brave people on YouTube, without them, I don't know where I'd be.”

“I wanted to write a song about war and that classic 'We want you' recruitment style from the point of view of the recruiter.”

“I spent so long and so much of my childhood holding myself back for fear of what people would think. I'm trying my best every day to throw that away.”

“Whatever success I have found has been a collaborative effort of people helping out and opening their minds and being accepting and celebrating who I am.”