No one who has experienced facing a screaming, boiling, hysterical audience can avoid feeling shivers in the spine. It's a thin line between celebration and menace.

When I record, it feels like I'm in a bubble. There's nothing else in my head right then. It's just that song, and I'm trying to really sound like what the song is about.

When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found myself for a large part of my life, it's a walk-on part. Not a vital necessity, like it is for so many people. I enjoy it but I can see right through it!

I must be allowed to be as I am.

I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.

There is a danger of changing too much in the search for perfection.

My path has not been determined. I shall have more experiences and pass many more milestones.