Dad said that he was prouder of me than he'd ever been when I came out.

Everybody always wants to rebel against their parents' music, but nobody listened to music louder than my dad.

I used to be really nervous when I sang. Like, when I was a kid starting young, 18 and 19, and my dad really had to sort of push me to start singing in front of people. Ever since I got out there and really started doing it, the only thing I've ever tried to do is just sort of is be myself, you know, never put on a voice. Sing naturally.

My dad was very fun and very adventurous, and from a formative age I learned to value men who would do things on a whim.

My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own.