Quotes from 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.

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

I wasn't unhappy, but I was a little like: 'Is this it? Really?' I was thirsty.

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.

I have crushes on women all the time. I don't have intimate relationships with them, but I find women beautiful.

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

All these songs honestly explore the ups and downs of my reality.

I want to upset people, I want to make people think, I want to keep people interested.

There's a certain level of pageantry with 'Idol,' and in order to work the show, you kind of have to feed into it.

Fame is a very strange animal.

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.

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.

The best way to be loved, is to love yourself.

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.

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.

Conforming is not cool. Embracing who you are and what makes you different is actually what's really cool.

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

Bowie's been a huge influence on me. I remember early on, my dad pulling out the 'Diamond Dogs' album, and the cover alone just grabbed my attention. I think I was probably around 12.

Right now, I'm not really thinking about marriage.

'Come out' is so funny to me because I've never been in.

Love overcomes hate, Love has no color, Love has no orientation, All is love.