Adam Lambert has said that his experiences with LSD helped him to discover himself.

The 'For Your Entertainment' singer told Metro that taking the hallucinogenic drug spurred him on to apply for American Idol, where he finished second.

When asked if he would advise other people lacking purpose to take LSD, he said: "Sure, it's one method of finding yourself. "My trip led me to some epiphanies about who I was as a performer, what I wanted to do and how I needed to create my own opportunities."

He added: "When I got home, I started writing music with other people and went to the Idol audition. "The vision was about finding opportunities. I wasn't sitting in the desert in rave-wear thinking about Simon Cowell when I was on acid."

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