“Oh man, I dunno. That’s a big question. I dunno. Biggest compliment I’ve ever received… I mean I think kind of what I was talking about before is if a fan is expressing that they are more open-minded or more happy because of something that I did or said or inspired. I mean, I can’t take credit for that but I feel thankful for that. I feel like that’s the best compliment- somebody that their quality of life has improved because of something I did & that’s beautiful. I love that.” -Adam Lambert

“Anything with the word ‘gay’ in it is the media’s favorite thing to print, which I’ve learned the hard way. The way I’ve grown into this life and being who I am in the public eye is I’m proud of who I am and it is a part of my identity that I’m very comfortable with and I’ve always been comfortable with it and I’m glad to be unaffected by it, ya know, in the public. For maybe a young gay or lesbian person who’s looking at the TV or magazine and going ‘oh, okay. You don’t have to be scared to be who you are.’ So for that reason, I’m really proud of it. But I do feel like it can be so easily objectified. It’s like I have to qualify it and talk about it all the time and it’s kinda like, until I got into the public eye, I didn’t think twice about it. It wasn’t something that I identified outside of another part of who I was. So, it’s been interesting. It’s been really interesting.” -Adam Lambert

“I think speaking of community- that’s one the main things I like to write about, that I like to cultivate with my fandom. Ya know, a lot of them meet each other and become friends at these concerts. So to me, that’s been the biggest inspiration in what music I wanted to put out there: music that brings people together, music that allows people to see how they’re the same instead of how they’re different, and music that breathes tolerance and celebration and doesn’t shy away from the eccentricities and the things that make us weird and strange, but instead- celebrating them. That’s really important to me.” -Adam Lambert

“Of course fame has changed my life. I mean your reality shifts a little bit. And I think on the plus side, all these opportunities come and I get to do what I love and people know about it and wanna hear more. And then the darker side of it is sometimes it gets overwhelming, sometimes affects your social life a little bit, cause you’re like ‘why do you wanna be friends with me?’ And sometimes too, you just wanna be able to go to the grocery store or go out shopping or go to a restaurant with your family and just be alone. But I’m not complaining cause it’s worth it.” -Adam Lambert

“Always say yes, always say yes! And take a risk and you gotta kind of jump off the deep end and just swim. You don’t really have a choice sometimes. And if you can do that, if you can push yourself off the ledge a little bit- figuratively speaking, that’s when you end up flying.” -Adam Lambert

“I think one of the things that’s always a challenge for me personally, is to turn my brain off. I think a lot. I’m always thinking, thinking, thinking. One of the keys to really being in the right fame of mind for singing, is to not think so much. So I guess it’s really not a frame of mind, but it’s a frame of spirit and heart and soul. It’s trying to kind of detach from all the inner voices that go on in your head and your conscience and your self-awareness. It’s just tuning into the music. And there’s a peace in that. There’s a real peace in that detachment from all the noise. And now I sound crazy, but it’s really true. It’s the one time where you can go with the flow and be in the moment, that’s what music’s about.” -Adam Lambert

“You know my hair’s not as silver at this very moment. When you wash your hair with warm water and shampoo, it changes and colors fall out and in, and it’s an effant flow of color.” -Adam Lambert on his new silver hair :)

“At the end of the day, why I make music and why I was in the studio for a year and a half wasn’t because I wanted to get to a certain place on the chart. That stuff didn’t really occur to me when I was working on my music, but when you do get success like that, it creates more opportunities, your music can be heard by more people and you get further chances to keep doing your thing. So I’m very excited. I worked really hard on this album. I obsessed over it. And I had involvement in all aspects of it, so I got a little crazy. But it feels like, with something like this- that we’re off to a really good start and it paid off. And the fans will love it. And it’s getting people dancing and having a good time. And what I love about the album is that it kind of has two different sides to it. There’s a kind of fun, silly, party side, attitude, kind of funk. And then a kind of a serious side. And you know, that’s real life. We’re all like that. We all have our good days and our bad days. We all have the persona that we like to project to the world. And we wanna make friends, and we wanna look good, and we wanna go out and have fun and feel fabulous, fierce and sexy. And meet other people that are like that. But then you know, underneath all that, sometimes we’re struggling with stuff. I think what I love about the album is that it balances. There’s a lot of balance in it.” -Adam Lambert

“I have these dreams and aspirations and I have these goals that I set for myself and when I get right to the edge of the diving board of that goal, I can either not dive or I can dive. So it’s kinda like ‘well, here I am. I don’t really have a choice.’ It’s like I’ve set myself up to be in this moment so I can either go for it or I can be a baby about it. I think that’s kinda how I’ve run the past few years of my life.” -Adam Lambert

Queen + Adam Lambert at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo in London, UK!