I Would Rather Die Than

I Just Want To Be Clear Before We Decide To Do This Together: I'm Gay. My Music Is Gay. My Show Is Gay. And I Love That It's Gay. And I Love My Gay Fans, And They're All Going To Be Coming To Our Show. And It's Going To Remain Gay.

Akon Is A Very Talented Songwriter To Work With. His Melodies, They're Just Insane. It's Funny, I Think About Him A Lot When I'm Doing My Melodies Because He's So Simple, And He's Just Been Great. He Keeps Me On My Feet, Very Grounded, But He Also Puts Me On A Silver Platter, Which Is Always Very Nice. So It's Been An Incredible Influence. It's Like Every Time You Work With Somebody That's Better That You Are, You Become Greater.

I Dropped Out Of Nyu, Moved Out Of My Parent's House, Got My Own Place, And Survived On My Own. I Made Music And Worked My Way From The Bottom Up.

Where I Come From It Was Really Unheard Of To Be At A Party And Someone Says, 'what Kind Of Music Do You Make?', And You Say, 'pop Music.' You May As Well Have 'i'm Not Cool' Stamped On Your Forehead.

Love Is An Interesting Thing. Perhaps I've Never Been In Love Before - I Don't Really Know? I Think I Have. I Guess It's Subjective In That Way.