You know, I have a very thick skin.
It's obvious for example that when I am Conchita, I use the female toilet, and when I am Tom, the male toilet. I can assure you it's never a problem for women, they love it.
When not dressed as Conchita I am a man, and a lazy one at that.
It was shortly before my 18th birthday when I came out and admitted that I was gay.
If you are prepared to admit to others and to yourself who you really are, then you can have a fantastic life. Of course, you need to have a thick skin to get through it all.
I took to the Eurovision stage as an opportunity to talk to Europe about tolerance and acceptance.
I'm not a politician, only a singer.
I would love to have the whole world involved and still call it Eurovision.
I'm aware of this bearded lady being something that is not really common.
It is wonderful but kind of surreal when people turn to me and say they see some kind of an inspiration.
It is truly unbelievable to actually really know that I have fans all around the world.
If you want to be a bearded lady then you are allowed to do that because you're not hurting anybody.
Winning the Eurovision contest is just a door opener, this is not that you're set for life. Definitely not, don't mistake that, because you really have to work your behind off to sustain in this business.
I am sorry to disappoint you, I'll never compete ever again at the Eurovision.
I have so many incredible fans in Russia, I really badly want to go there.
Being LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender) in Russia is anything but fun.
Seriously I just don't get why straight people are so afraid of the fact that gay people can get married.
