Seeing Jennifer Holliday from 'Dreamgirls' perform on the Tony Awards telecast and later discovering Barbra Streisand by listening to her albums at the Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh really changed everything for me.
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I do 'sissy with a heart of gold' really well.
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When I was younger, I did what I now call 'extreme singing.' I could do this thing where I would sing really high. I can't really do that anymore, at my age. My voice has shifted. It's changed.
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I always said if I played a drag queen, I'd want to create a template with the realness they talk about in 'Paris Is Burning.'
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My truth is I am gay and out, and if I can't do that in my music, then I don't need it. Fortunately, I do feel like there is a movement against homophobia, and I hope to be part of that.
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I'm trying to embrace social media because it gives artists a little more power than we've had in the past.
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