I grew up in a show business family, so we've always had a great sense of balance, being so close to my parents. I've always known what is and isn't reality. Even my older brothers' early success 10 years ago didn't change me since there was such an age difference.

I'll have to get people to write songs for me right now until my own writing comes around.

I grew up in a show business family, so we've always had a great sense of balance, being so close to my parents.

There is nothing to compare with the instantaneous feedback a singer gets from the people sitting in front of him. That is where it all comes together - all the rehearsing and working to get everything just exactly right.

I have been to hell and back. I had a very, very bad nervous breakdown.

In 1973 we moved to the British Isle of Man, and I put my first band together for one year, named Melody Fair.

I wasn't eating. I wasn't sleeping. All I was doing was cocaine. I stayed awake for about two weeks, locked in my bedroom. I went down from a 142 pounds to 110 pounds.