Knowing That I Inspired Sam Smith Is

That Is What Fame Is, Isn't It? To Get The World To Fall In Love With You.

To This Day, Some Of My Closest Friends Say, 'gaga, You Know, Everything's Great. You're A Singer; Your Dreams Have Come True.' But, Still, When Certain Things Are Said To You Over And Over Again As You're Growing Up, It Stays With You And You Wonder If They're True.

So There's Nothing More Provocative Than Taking A Genre That Everybody Who's Cool Hates - And Then Making It Cool.

I Don't Feel Like I Look Like The Other Perfect Little Pop Singers. I Think I'm Changing What People Think Is Sexy.

When You Make Music Or Write Or Create, It's Really Your Job To Have Mind-blowing, Irresponsible, Condomless Sex With Whatever Idea It Is You're Writing About At The Time.