Adam Lambert Quotes & Sayings

I never really listen to what people say. My thing is that my favorite artists are artists that are theatrical. Obviously when you are doing a recording, things aren't gonna translate as over-the-top. — Adam Lambert

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

No matter how much money, fame, and fortune you have, it doesn't mean sh** if it's not connected with love. — 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. — Adam Lambert

I am gay, and I'm very comfortable with it. — Adam Lambert

No escaping when I start, once I'm in I own your heart — Adam Lambert

I don't feel closeted. — Adam Lambert

Fantasy is so much hotter than reality most of the time — Adam Lambert

It gets better. It seems hard, you know, I think being different is always gonna be a tough climb. There's always gonna be people that are scared of it. But at the end of the day you give those bullies, those people, that are so ignorant, if you give them the power to affect you, you're letting them win. And they don't deserve that. What you're doing by being yourself is you're keeping it real, and you're being really brave. — Adam Lambert

I'm so happy to be in a committed relationship. — Adam Lambert

My mother was always supportive. — Adam Lambert

I'm proud of my sexuality. I embrace it. It's just another part of me. — Adam Lambert

I have nothing to hide. — Adam Lambert

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

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

Being who you are is a lot easier than faking it. — Adam Lambert

That's plenty of time to sleep when we died — Adam Lambert

I didn't feel attractive in high school. — Adam Lambert

Carving out an identity for yourself is important so I'm trying to do that as well. — Adam Lambert

I was looking for something and I wasn't sure what it was. [After experimenting with] certain funguses, I had a psychedelic experience where I looked up at the clouds and went, 'Oh!' I realized that we all have our own power, and that whatever I wanted to do, I had to make happen. — Adam Lambert

I breeze through Twitter - I look at the mentions, the pictures, the videos. — Adam Lambert

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

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

The only lifestyle I'm promoting is the lifestyle of love and friendship. The lifestyle of music, and joy, and fashion. So whoever wants to come and get part of that lifestyle, we accept anybody. — Adam Lambert

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 started rejecting the proper way to sing and I started singing. — Adam Lambert

When I was in high school I was 250 pounds. — Adam Lambert

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

I'm proud of my sexuality. — Adam Lambert

Wait a minute, I'm a fan of yours; you can't be a fan of mine! — Adam Lambert

If sexy scares you, don't listen to my music. — Adam Lambert

I think you kind of have to put yourself out there. — Adam Lambert

I worked at Starbucks when I was 16 ... It was all right. — Adam Lambert

Bowie's been a huge influence on me. — Adam Lambert

I'm very inspired by past music. — Adam Lambert

If something doesn't look right, throw some glitter on it. — Adam Lambert

I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay. — Adam Lambert

I never wore full-on eyeliner in high school, but I wanted to. — Adam Lambert

I've always been fond of the glam-rocker title. — Adam Lambert

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

I think it's up to the parents to discern what their child is watching on television. — Adam Lambert

Yeah, I think speculation keeps things really interesting. — Adam Lambert

I need to be able to explain myself in context. — Adam Lambert

I was really beating myself up about performances and how I looked and this and that. — Adam Lambert

Coming up with something new and original is so exciting. — Adam Lambert

I've sung other people's music all my life. — Adam Lambert

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

Life is all about taking risk to get what you want. — Adam Lambert

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

I think the British audience might be more open-minded with some of my imagery and weird choices. — Adam Lambert

I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader. — Adam Lambert

There's no regrets for me. — Adam Lambert

I think sometimes we're meant to do something but things aren't lined up correctly. — Adam Lambert

We don't have a lot of men on stage doing flamboyant or theatrical. We have a lot of female pop stars doing it, but where are the guys? Where's the classic pop-rock showman? — Adam Lambert

Those shows I did with Queen were pretty surreal. I was really excited and super-flattered, but intimidated at the same time. — Adam Lambert

I was afraid to express myself for a while. — Adam Lambert

I definitely have my opinions that I'm very vocal about and I'm not afraid to put them out there. — Adam Lambert

The way I look at it is everybody should have the right to get married, if they so choose. — Adam Lambert

I'm not scared at all ... Of the cracks in the crystal ball. — Adam Lambert

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

I don't like to look typical. — Adam Lambert

Los Angeles can be a really sad city. — Adam Lambert

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

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

It's been a transformative period and I really wanted to make music from what I've experienced. — Adam Lambert

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

I have crushes on women all the time. — Adam Lambert

There's not a blueprint for me to follow. — Adam Lambert

I want to upset people, I want to make people think, I want to keep people interested. — Adam Lambert

When you dance and move around it creates a different reaction from the audience - they love it. — Adam Lambert

I just talk a lot, that's the problem. — Adam Lambert

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

I've only dressed in drag three or four times. — Adam Lambert

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

Conforming is not cool. — Adam Lambert

There's a certain amount of mind control that happens. Everybody is living in a world where they're being controlled. They're being told what to think, what to do, and what to eat. — Adam Lambert

My first album was completed in three months. — Adam Lambert

You know, if it weren't for these fans, I wouldn't have gotten as far as I did. — Adam Lambert

I wanted the focus to be on my ability as a singer and as an entertainer - not on my private life. — Adam Lambert

I wanted to look different because I felt different — Adam Lambert

I was a big fan of Middle Eastern elements of music and experimental electronic and tribal sounds. — Adam Lambert

Fame is a very strange animal. — Adam Lambert

I like to get real pretty. — Adam Lambert

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

You are so much more, than your orientation, you know it and I know it. — Adam Lambert

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 love myself and I am a good person. — Adam Lambert

The album feels like a new era for me
emotionally, lyrically, sonically. It feels fresh, it feels new. It's still me. It's still stuff that fans know and love but it's a new chapter 100 percent. — Adam Lambert

I had a lot of fun with my costume designer. — Adam Lambert

A lot of my male vocal influences are British - people like David Bowie, Freddie Mercury and Robert Plant. — Adam Lambert

I try not to get trapped in any one musical or visual style at all. — Adam Lambert

I'm inspired by history, different periods. — Adam Lambert

At least I can say that I'm honest. — Adam Lambert

I listen to crazy, robust rock music where they sing their faces off, and soul music, which can be similar. — Adam Lambert

I started to realize I wasn't like every other boy. — Adam Lambert

I think the responsibility of pop stars is to liberate the masses. In that everyone can be whatever they wanna be. You can march to your own beat. It's so hard sometimes in our country because conformity is the way things are pushed. — Adam Lambert

Love overcomes hate. Love has no color. Love has no orientation. All is love. — Adam Lambert

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

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

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