You don't know being a performer what kind of performance you're going to give. You know you can give a certain quality of performance, but as I grow older I'm much more content in my own skin because when I come offstage, I have a balance in my life.

We can't keep thinking of gay people as being ostracised; we can't keep thinking of Muslim people as being [ostracised] because of the fundamentalism that occurs in Islam. Muslim people have to do something about speaking up about it. We can't judge a book by its cover.

Laughing like children, living like lovers, rolling like thunder, under the covers, and I guess that's why they call it the blues.

They [sic] ain't gonna stop me from coming here, baby.

Fame attracts lunatics.

It's very important to have two tiaras when you're on the road. You never know when you'll be invited to something really formal.

If you write great songs with meaning and emotion, they will last for ever because songs are the key to everything.