Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance.

When I go onstage, I'm going to work ...I feel like my performance is about an emotional connection. I want to connect with people, whether it's like a romantic song or a happy song.

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

Someone once said a cynic is just a disappointed romantic. That really, really sums me up.

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.

When Culture Club broke up, I hadn't been going out a lot because we'd been working all the time, so I suddenly had this period of leisure. And it was just around the time that the whole acid house thing kicked off in London.

I'm always tweeting about food and things that I've made.