I do like Britney Spears. I think she's cute. I think she's fun. And I like her records. You know, I'm not a pop snob whatsoever. I think she makes great pop records.

I have a much better relationship with the press than I did, I think because I stood my ground.

I've got that resilient thing inside me. But I wasn't a happy bunny.

Dave and I as a couple seem to be the acceptable face of gayness, and that's great. I've got to use that power to try and do what I can - or we have - to try to make the situations in Russia and Poland better.

There is such a thing as good interference from your record label. I don't think I get enough interference from my record label.

You get the same equal rights that we do when we have a civil partnership. Heterosexual people get married. We can have civil partnerships.

And there's no guarantee that if you get HIV and you take these triple therapies, or whatever comes along next, that they're going to be successful for you.