ADAM LAMBERT

Nowadays in pop, there's not a lot of men that are singing big and loud and high - it's not as common as it once was.

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.

Coming up with something new and original is so exciting.

I'm trying to convey to my audience that you really can't judge a book by its cover, and there's more to the universe than you can see with your eyes.

The biggest risk I've ever taken is going on American Idol and trying to be myself. I wasn't going to try too hard to conform, and I knew that it could possibly not work out.

Those shows I did with Queen were pretty surreal. I was really excited and super-flattered, but intimidated at the same time.

I haven't had many relationships.

I would love to do a live show with dancers and fashion and scenic elements - definitely bring my love of the theater to a concert-style performance.

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

My dad is a Deadhead, my mom's a Jewish-American princess from Jersey.

I started to realize I wasn't like every other boy.

I just talk a lot, that's the problem.

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

It's been a transformative period and I really wanted to make music from what I've experienced.

You can't plan everything - if I did a performance exactly how I rehearsed it, it would be so boring.

There was a lot of me trying to be a 'fixer.' I was that kind of guy. I'd meet someone who had 'so much potential' that needed 'help.' I think that was kind of my curse for a long time.

My M.O. is just do what you do and don't feel like you have to make apologies for it. I'm sure there will come a point when I have to apologize for something, but not yet.

In middle school, I really didn't have music, but in high school, I remember taking a lot of choir and drama.

I worked at Starbucks when I was 16... It was all right.

I'm not a babysitter.

When I was in high school I was 250 pounds.

I was really beating myself up about performances and how I looked and this and that.

After my tour I had time to stay at home, be with my boyfriend and hang out with friends and that brought me down to earth and helped me write music from a more relaxed place.

I don't feel closeted.

I definitely have my opinions that I'm very vocal about and I'm not afraid to put them out there.