I think very often producers are really trying to repeat things. When they hear something in the new songs that they recognize as being a bit like something that was a success on a previous record, they're inclined to encourage that.

In my normal life I'm a very unadventurous person.

When I've finally got the title, I think, "Okay, yes, now I know where we are. Now I know what it is. Fine, that must be finished or nearly finished.

The thing that obsesses me more than anything is waste - the waste of human intelligence and creativity.

I prefer to shoot the arrow, then paint the target around it. You make the niches in which you finally reside.

I believe that singing is the key to long life, a good figure, a stable temperament, increased intelligence, new friends, super self-confidence , heightened sexual attractiveness, and a better sense of humor.

I suppose I am reluctant about being any sort of 'star' and I didn't particularly want to be portrayed as one.