In writing the autobiography, I can really chuckle when I look at the songs. I was acting out the part. I saw myself as a victim.

I just go in my back garden. It's the only place where people don't come and bother you.

I like the big bombastic singers, but I'm also very drawn to what I call character singers. They're people who obviously aren't very huge singers, but they've got this ability to tell a story and touch you emotionally without really using any kind of histrionics or special effects.

Comparing Madonna with Marilyn Monroe is like comparing Raquel Welch with the back of a bus.

In fact, he [George Michael] was loitering in public loos like some pre-war homosexual. It's one thing to keep quiet. It's another to pretend you're someone you're not.

I always feel that my whole life is representing the LGBT community. It's kind of what I do all the time.

I try to exist in a world where there is freedom of opinion, where you're allowed to make jokes. I don't want to live in some PC world where no-one's allowed to say anything.