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.

To be calm when you've found something going on

Man may live and man may die searching for the question why. But if he tries to rule the sky, he must fall.

I never wanted to be a star, I never wanted to travel far / I only wanted a little bit of love so I could put a little love in my heart / I never wanted to be la-de-da, go to parties ‘avec le bourgeois’ / I only wanted to sing my song well so I could ring a small bell in your heart

In a World where people are surrounded by darkness, ignorance and fear, it is a sign of hope to be celebrating Islam's message of peace and light, and the last great Messenger, born and chosen to deliver them to all mankind.

I always stood for the elimination of conflict and wars, and any of those causes that ignite them.

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.