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I felt that with 'In A Perfect World' I was still kind of finding myself - not just as a musician, but also in love and in life.

The idea of travelling all over the world singing the same songs sounds like hell. How people like Tina Turner still do it with enthusiasm is beyond me.

My American gay audience have continued to dance and sing to the music I make in a way that straight Americans haven't. I am grateful to them for that.

I think a lot of what I've done is about people feeling as if they are part of the world but also not part of it at the same time. I don't know whether that's from being a gay kid, but I definitely think that resonates with me.

It is a little scary to go across the whole country, and basically the world, and be like, 'What's up? I'm gay, and you should let me get married everywhere.' I don't feel like I'm a spokesperson. I just sing what my experience is.

I never thought I would be singing for the world.

There has always been a feeling with people that they love my singing but not always the choice of material.

I stopped caring so much about what people might think if I sung about love and humanity.

I had a friend write me that our music was being played at Gay Pride in New York, which is a big compliment. In the biggest city in the country with the most culture and the most grit - I love it.

You've got to be a really straight man to write a song like 'It's Raining Men.'