I've been following him since Space Oddity. And I've followed him from all those albums that didn't sell, like The Man Who Sold The World and things like that. Above all, apart from all the glamorous rubbish, the music's there. Ziggy Stardust is a classic album.

Rock and roll came in and changed my life and changed the whole music scene forever, and then I grew to love R&B and Motown and all black music, gospel music. But I never dismiss any form of music. I listen to everything.

I am in deep shock. I have lost a beloved friend [George Michael] - the kindest, most generous soul and a brilliant artist. My heart goes out to his family and all of his fans.

And there are men behind bars who pray for the light and there are men in the suburbs who pray for the night.

I still want to play music but I don't want to look like Donald Duck while I'm doing it.

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.

As a child, as a teenager, I was kind of not allowed to wear fashionable clothes.