Carving out an identity for yourself is important so I'm trying to do that as well.
- Adam Lambert
Identity, Trying, Important, Carving
Female performers have been doing this for years - pushing the envelope about sexuality - and the minute a man does it, everybody freaks out.
- Adam Lambert
Doing, Been, Everybody, Performers
Those shows I did with Queen were pretty surreal. I was really excited and super-flattered, but intimidated at the same time.
- Adam Lambert
Queen, Excited, Pretty, Surreal
I was a big fan of Middle Eastern elements of music and experimental electronic and tribal sounds.
- Adam Lambert
Big, Middle, Eastern, Middle Eastern
I think Lady Gaga is great and is changing pop music and bringing back a certain rock 'n' roll spirit, swagger to the game.
- Adam Lambert
Game, Think, I Think, None
I've been kind of toying around with the bi thing in my head. I wouldn't ever give myself the label 'bisexual', but bi-curious? Yea.
- Adam Lambert
Kind, Give, Been, Label
I wouldn't ever give myself the label bisexual, but bi-curious, yeah.
- Adam Lambert
Myself, Give, Ever, Label
I never wore full-on eyeliner in high school, but I wanted to.
- Adam Lambert
Never, High, Wanted, Full-On
Bowie's been a huge influence on me.
- Adam Lambert
Me, Been, Huge, Huge Influence
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.
- Adam Lambert
Vibe, Melodies, Theatrical, Showmanship
I think it's up to the parents to discern what their child is watching on television.
- Adam Lambert
Think, Television, I Think, Discern
I have crushes on women all the time.
- Adam Lambert
Time, Women, Crushes
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.
- Adam Lambert
Love, Dancers, Show, Scenic
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.
- Adam Lambert
Think, Kind, I Think, Fixer
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.
- Adam Lambert
Will, Like, Sure, Apologize
I think sometimes we're meant to do something but things aren't lined up correctly.
- Adam Lambert
Think, Meant, Correctly, Lined
There's not a blueprint for me to follow.
- Adam Lambert
Me, Follow, Blueprint
When I was kid, I remember playing 'Vogue' by Madonna over and over and over again. And ah, you know, something about the beat was really cool, and Madonna, visually, was on TV all the time and I thought she was just so beautiful.
- Adam Lambert
Thought, I Remember, TV, Vogue
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.
- Adam Lambert
Enjoy, Hi, Feels, Anonymity
The way I look at it is everybody should have the right to get married, if they so choose.
- Adam Lambert
Get, Everybody, Should, Get Married
I had a lot of fun with my costume designer.
- Adam Lambert
Had, Lot, Designer, Costume
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.
- Adam Lambert
Work, Going, Could, Possibly
My first album was completed in three months.
- Adam Lambert
Three, Album, Months, Completed
I've been known to make out with girls from time to time. Couple drinks involved, you know. It's fun. And who knows? Maybe it'll go further someday. I don't know.
- Adam Lambert
Been, Maybe, Couple, From Time To Time
I think the difficult thing is the transition between TV competition series and going into the actual music industry. There still seems to be a slight disconnect there.
- Adam Lambert
Think, Disconnect, Actual, Transition
I've only dressed in drag three or four times.
- Adam Lambert
Only, Four, Times, Drag
In middle school, I really didn't have music, but in high school, I remember taking a lot of choir and drama.
- Adam Lambert
I Remember, Middle, Middle School
I think the British audience might be more open-minded with some of my imagery and weird choices.
- Adam Lambert
Think, Audience, Some, Imagery
All these songs honestly explore the ups and downs of my reality.
- Adam Lambert
Explore, Downs, Honestly, Ups
Wait a minute, I'm a fan of yours; you can't be a fan of mine!
- Adam Lambert
Wait, Fan, Mine, Yours
A lot of my male vocal influences are British - people like David Bowie, Freddie Mercury and Robert Plant.
- Adam Lambert
Like, Vocal, Mercury, Bowie
There's a certain level of pageantry with 'Idol,' and in order to work the show, you kind of have to feed into it.
- Adam Lambert
Work, Kind, Level, Certain Level
I need to be able to explain myself in context.
- Adam Lambert
Need, Explain, Able, Context
I listen to crazy, robust rock music where they sing their faces off, and soul music, which can be similar.
- Adam Lambert
Similar, Which, Robust, Soul Music
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.
- Adam Lambert
Book, Audience, More, Convey
It's been a transformative period and I really wanted to make music from what I've experienced.
- Adam Lambert
Music, Been, Period, Experienced
I've always been fond of the glam-rocker title.
- Adam Lambert
Always, Title, Been, Fond
I am gay, and I'm very comfortable with it.
- Adam Lambert
I Am, Comfortable, Very, Gay
I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay.
- Adam Lambert
Surprise, Think, Anyone, Gay
People want to talk about whether I have rock cred, whether I'm selling out, the theatricality, the gay stuff... Chill out! And just enjoy yourself.
- Adam Lambert
Chill, Want, About, Gay
My wish is for gay to become less of a label, and more of just one of many great colors in the collective box of humanity.
- Adam Lambert
Box, More, Less, Gay
When I was in high school I was 250 pounds.
- Adam Lambert
School, High School, High, Pounds
I have crushes on women all the time. I don't have intimate relationships with them, but I find women beautiful.
- Adam Lambert
Beautiful, Relationships, Crushes
You know, if it weren't for these fans, I wouldn't have gotten as far as I did.
- Adam Lambert
Far, Gotten, Were, As Far As
Los Angeles can be a really sad city.
- Adam Lambert
City, Los, Angeles, Los Angeles
I've sung other people's music all my life.
- Adam Lambert
Music, My Life, Other, All My Life
There are female artists I can look at that I find more in common with than the male artists, because they're blending the pop, dance and theatricality... but currently there aren't a lot of guys who go there.
- Adam Lambert
I Can, Pop, Lot, Female Artists
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.
- Adam Lambert
Boyfriend, Hang, Brought, Relaxed
My dad is a Deadhead, my mom's a Jewish-American princess from Jersey.
- Adam Lambert
Mom, Princess, Dad, Jersey
Yeah, I think speculation keeps things really interesting.
- Adam Lambert
Think, Speculation, I Think, Keeps
The kids that are different and out there and expressive and are bold with those choices, those are the people that grow up to be people we all want to hang out with, that become celebrities or become really successful in what they do because they believe in who they are.
- Adam Lambert
Grow, Want, Hang, Successful
I don't like to look typical.
- Adam Lambert
Look, Like, Typical
I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.
- Adam Lambert
Leader, Trying, Singer, Civil Rights
I'm not a babysitter.
- Adam Lambert
Babysitter
I nitpick details.
- Adam Lambert
Details
I like 'Rocky Horror.'
- Adam Lambert
Horror, Like, Rocky
I was really beating myself up about performances and how I looked and this and that.
- Adam Lambert
Myself, How, Looked, Beating
When you dance and move around it creates a different reaction from the audience - they love it.
- Adam Lambert
Love, Audience, Move, Dance
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.
- Adam Lambert
Singing, Big, Loud, Pop
I'm inspired by history, different periods.
- Adam Lambert
History, Different, Inspired, Periods
I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.
- Adam Lambert
Knew, Industry, Recording, Broad
I breeze through Twitter - I look at the mentions, the pictures, the videos.
- Adam Lambert
Through, Videos, Twitter, Breeze
I wanted the focus to be on my ability as a singer and as an entertainer - not on my private life.
- Adam Lambert
Singer, Private, Wanted, Entertainer
I wasn't unhappy, but I was a little like: 'Is this it? Really?' I was thirsty.
- Adam Lambert
Unhappy, Like, Really, Thirsty
So pretty much, to sum it up, if you can freak someone out and bring that kind of emotion out of somebody with a song, you're doing something right.
- Adam Lambert
Song, Doing, Pretty, Freak
I think, for the majority of my twenties, I was always so concerned with what I didn't have, or what I still wanted.
- Adam Lambert
Think, Always, Still, Majority
I think theatricality is just one way of performing. I don't think it's a better way or the way, but it's my way.
- Adam Lambert
Think, Performing, I Think, Better Way
I definitely have my opinions that I'm very vocal about and I'm not afraid to put them out there.
- Adam Lambert
Very, Vocal, Definitely, Opinions
Fame is a very strange animal.
- Adam Lambert
Strange, Fame, Very, Animal
You can't plan everything - if I did a performance exactly how I rehearsed it, it would be so boring.
- Adam Lambert
How, Exactly, Rehearsed, Performance
I get why certain actors want to stay in the closet.
- Adam Lambert
Want, Why, Get, Closet
For me, one of the important things about keeping vocally healthy is warming up and making sure I'm aware where my voice is at, drinking lots of water and getting plenty of sleep, and just taking care of myself with exercise and eating healthy.
- Adam Lambert
Voice, Exercise, About, Important Things
I'm very inspired by past music.
- Adam Lambert
Music, Past, Very, Inspired
I started rejecting the proper way to sing and I started singing.
- Adam Lambert
Singing, Started, Proper, Rejecting
I have nothing to hide.
- Adam Lambert
Nothing, Hide
I worked at Starbucks when I was 16... It was all right.
- Adam Lambert
Right, Worked, Starbucks
I haven't had many relationships.
- Adam Lambert
Had, Many, Relationships
I try not to get trapped in any one musical or visual style at all.
- Adam Lambert
Trapped, Get, Visual, Musical
I'm proud of my sexuality.
- Adam Lambert
Proud, Sexuality
I'm proud of my sexuality. I embrace it. It's just another part of me.
- Adam Lambert
Proud, Embrace, Another, Sexuality
There's no regrets for me.
- Adam Lambert
Me, Regrets, No Regrets
My mother was always supportive.
- Adam Lambert
Mother, Always, Supportive
Coming up with something new and original is so exciting.
- Adam Lambert
New, Original, Up, Exciting
I love myself and I am a good person.
- Adam Lambert
Love, I Am, I Love, Good Person
I didn't feel attractive in high school.
- Adam Lambert
School, Feel, High, Attractive
I want to upset people, I want to make people think, I want to keep people interested.
- Adam Lambert
Think, Want, Keep, Upset
I was afraid to express myself for a while.
- Adam Lambert
Myself, Afraid, While, Express
I had self-esteem issues into my early 20s.
- Adam Lambert
Issues, Had, Early 20s, Self-Esteem
I'm so happy to be in a committed relationship.
- Adam Lambert
Relationship, Happy, Committed
Conforming is not cool.
- Adam Lambert
Cool, Conforming
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