Caitlyn Jenner, for all of her flaws, did start a conversation around the world about gender.

I've learnt I don't have to be a man and I don't have to be a woman, I can just be me.

The Spice Girls were the life preserver to my high school years.

The most vocal fans online are girls, which is interesting. I didn't expect that.

I like being a boy, but I also really like being a girl.

There is so much frustration in the heterosexual male community manifesting in different ways, whether it be aggression or sexism or racism. I'm not saying all heterosexual men are that way, but you do see a lot of it.

Courtney wants to make the statement that superficial beauty is manufactured and that any woman, or in this case, any man can be beautiful with the right tools.

Gender roles are absurd when you actually look at them. The fact that anybody could ever say or think that dressing in women's clothes is wrong, or odd. Women dressing in women's clothes and men dressing in men's clothes is the actually the thing that is really odd.

When it all boils down, being Courtney has forced me to be different to the status quo, which means I have gotten to decide on every choice along the way.

After Pride, Christmas is a drag queen's next best holiday. It's pretty gay, full of tinsel and glitter and finery and campness.

'Fight For Love' is a dancefloor banger all about coming together and fighting for the things we believe in.

I think it's so important to think about the basic human rights of others and to use our collective voices, minds and bodies to lift those people up and bring about change.

I think that 'Drag Race' would certainly let a straight guy compete in drag.

Being trans means different things to different people. Some people don't take hormones, some people don't have surgery, some people are just happy living in the clothes of their chosen gender.

I'm definitely more attracted to men and masculinity - not just cis men but trans guys, too.

A good night's sleep is a super important part of feeling good.

Pride is a time to celebrate what makes us unique and the more we let young people know that those things that make us different are actually our greatest strengths, the more comfortable we are in our own skin and the more peacefully we'll sleep at night.

The first time I ever dressed in drag was at a costume party during my childhood. I went as Wonder Woman and my mom even took me to get the costume.

Courtney isn't just a costume, it's a way I express my femininity.

I live in a bubble, but there have been times when my bubble has been burst.

A word of advice - don't invite your parents to the after-party at 4 A. M.

Be yourself. If you're not yourself, who are you? But take advice; listen to people. If you're not listening, you're lost. You're a sheep among wolves.

I bought a dodgy gold ring off a guy in Southampton. He told me to check it was real gold by heating it up with a lighter and pressing it against my skin, because real gold doesn't burn. I still have the scar on my left hand.

We can all accept criticism of creative work, but to be publicly ridiculed for it is incredibly difficult to deal with.

I grew up in Southampton. My mum was a shop assistant; my dad was a carpenter. They broke up when I was eight.

Before my first album 'Born To Do It,' I used to DJ.

Life is all about how things rough up against you and how you see them and the vantage point you have from them.

'Fill Me In' went to number one at the same time Destiny's Child released 'Say My Name.' Having a number one over Destiny's Child at their peak was just madness to me.

I am only as good as my last song. Hits are a pension, but I don't want to rest on those songs. I want to have a future.

I'm an only child, so I got spoilt a lot. Which was a good thing.

I just keep it real, and I have written songs from my heart and performed them how they should be performed.

By fusing R&B with a U.K. garage sound, you can create energy. 'Fill Me In' showed me that.

We need to stop thinking the grass is greener on the other side and be happy with the love we have.

Writing for others is great cos you can tailor it for them.

I could never have dreamed of picking up an Ivor Novello for anything... but for Songwriter Of The Year, it's just amazing.

I recognise life is like a magnet. Positive and negative are on the opposite sides of the magnet. You can try to cut the negative part off, but it's still there. When you accept both of them, it's like, 'You know what? Don't get too identified with success or too identified with failure - just be cool with them.'

I wanna have a positive impact and bring in artists on the come-up. It gets me hyped!

My mum made the best roasts.

I was devastated by Gene Wilder's death.

My songs are a time stamp for a lot of people's lives.

I let the music do the talking, and people are still getting feelings from my songs.

I always felt like I had stability, doing things with my dad and living with my mum.

What I dislike about going to the club is if you're not behind that red rope, you feel you're missing something special going on.

I grew up on dancehall music, and it holds a strong place in my heart.

That whole 'Bo' Selecta!' thing was damaging. I played along with it; I said it was cool, I can take a joke, roll with it, so I went on the show. But it was killing me.

My grandmother and my mother raised me, but my dad made a conscious effort to be in my life - every weekend he would take me out.

The council estate I grew up on wasn't too bad.

When I started writing material, I realised you could take a ballad like Usher's 'Nice and Slow,' sing the same melody over a garage track, and everyone would be up and dancing.

Everything around me is surreal. I get picked up in cars and go to celebrity bashes, and I get sponsorship on clothes, and it's great, and I really enjoy it. But you should remember where it all started: the music. That's the key.

As much as money is important for security, for me, it is worth nothing without music.