Quotes from Frankie Grande

My first audition ever was for 'Bye Bye Birdie' in fifth grade.

No one wants to follow someone fake or boring. Being accessible on social media, being honest, and having fun with it is key.

My mother is a rock. She's my rock, she's Ariana's rock, and she has been a huge example of how to get through some difficult situations with strength, dignity, her head held high.

It's difficult to market and promote a new show that no one has heard of with a not unique title.

Glam rock always has a story to tell and has that powerful voice with a little hint of libretto.

I definitely take influences from my idols David Bowie and Billy Joel. I've combined them with the Frankie Grande-isms that I've cultivated over singing every night for two shows a week for four years on Broadway.

Instagram really gives me a chance to be creative.

Your Instagram shouldn't have 35 pictures from the same event.

I was pre-med in college, and so since a lot of people take a year off before they go to med school, I decided to take the time to pursue theater - six months later, I was on Broadway.

You don't have to post a picture with every single person at the party. Just get a few, maybe post one picture with eight people.

I am a new man, and the man you see before you is the one I was always meant to be. This decision to be sober is a lifetime decision.

Having this message of sobriety and recovery to blast out into the world is also very powerful and kind of the reason why I'm on this planet, I think; it's one of my purposes.

I love working in TV. And I love the adrenaline of hosting things like 'Access Hollywood' with, like, zero preparation and just going straight on.

Opening presents at midnight on Christmas Eve - midnight! As soon as it turns to Christmas Day, we're opening those gifts.

'Ray of Light' changed my life. The whole album, but that song specifically, was just so life-changing and incredible for me.

Every day of my life, I wish I was on Broadway. It's my favorite place. It's my heart; it's my soul.

I basically raised her. Ariana and I are 10 years apart, and she grew up with a really gay brother who just loves her unconditionally, and it's reciprocated.

There's nothing like the spontaneity of making something work on stage.

I like singing Bruce Springsteen.

I showed my nana, who lives in Delray, my writeup in the 'New York Times,' and she said, 'When will you be in the 'Sun Sentinel?'

You can see things growing up, be inspired by things. Just because they're not around anymore doesn't mean that you can't take those inspirations and bring them to life and bring them to the next generation.

The party life that had once given me so much confidence and comfort had turned into a nightmare where I never felt more alone.

I got the first Nintendo system, and me and my mother would stay up and play it together for hours and hours and hours - mainly Super Mario Brothers and Mario Kart!

I have at least four Starbucks drinks a day.