Music is a great vehicle for communications, and I have a certain platform. I have an opportunity and I have to take it.

I want to be true to who I am.

The momentum of time is always going forward. You cannot repeat what has been done before. You can't go back.

The world is a heartbreaking place, without any question.

Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion - very powerful emotions. That's what draws millions of people towards it. And, um, I found myself always going for these darker places and - people identify with that.

I'm not intensely private - I talk a great deal about my life and my work - I just don't play the game to excess.

I think that you can only be true to yourself. Nobody can live up to other people's expectations. You will always let them down. There will always be something they won't like about you.