You may still be here tomorrow...but your dreams may not.

You can argue with a philosopher, but you can’t argue with a good song. And I think I’ve got a few good songs.

It was important for me to duck out of the fast and furious life I'd been living as a pop star. I was in a different mood.

I became very famous, as a teenager, and my name and photo were splashed in all the media. They made me larger than life, so I wanted to live larger than life, and the only way to do that was to be intoxicated.

Will you carry the words of love with you?

Because I don't play guitar any more, African harmonies and rhythms have been an inspiration to me. I love the raw origin of the sound. It complements my voice and words naturally.

I became alienated from this religious upbringing, and started making music. I wanted to be a big star. All those things I saw in the films and on the media took hold of me, and perhaps I thought this was my god: the goal of making money.