He [Ryan White] had a kind of angelic aura about him. And his family, too, it's like, they are going through all this suffering, and I'm living this "Life of Riley" and I'm complaining about everything, and they are living this horrific life and complaining about nothing.

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

I think performers are all show-offs anyway, especially musicians. Unless you show off, you're not going to get noticed.

I was sitting in the classroom trying to look intelligent in case the teacher looked at me.

I get upset when people knock hip-hop, because I can absolutely see the musicality in it. These days, when I'm listening to records by hip-hop artists, I hear the production. It's just astounding how great the productions have become.

And these [pharmaceutical] companies are still threatening to sue. And it's like, you know, do you not have a conscience? Do you not want the world to be a better place? You're still making a profit. How much more of a profit do you want to make?

Once I'd heard 'Modern Times' by Bob Dylan, it really changed the way I wanted to make records.