Simon Cowell and I are great friends and we wind each other up. Rod Stewart and I do the same thing.

My sex drive has gone down so much since I've stopped doing coke. I was one of the few people that, when I did coke, I had an enormous sex drive. I still have a healthy sex life today, but it's not so important.

Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers.

The Backstreet Boys can sing their asses off. I'm not so sure about those other boy bands. But Backstreet Boys have my ultimate respect.

If people are encouraged to come out and say they're HIV-positive and they're given their treatments, then obviously, the people who are marginalized - like intravenous drug users, prisoners, people are made to feel less-than - if they're given the support of the government, and they're given the funding, then it's going to help solve the spread of AIDS and HIV in America.

Sometimes you can't see the wood for the trees as an artist.

I tour as many countries as possible, and I've toured every state in America, plus every province in Canada.