I want to make a pop album - something more upbeat than my stuff was in the '90s.

I left school at 17 and was a star by the time I was 18 - in certain parts of the world anyway.

Freedom. I won't let you down.

I hope it really comes off. It would make my dad really proud." (about the song for the coming 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece)

I have definitely reached the same level as Madonna in terms of sales. I'm really pleased about that.

I'm perfectly happy to admit that insecurity. It doesn't bother me. It's there, just the same as the color of my eyes is there. I'm never going to get rid of it. I'm not going to wake up one morning and really like the way I look, but as long as other people like the way I look, that's fine.

People, you can never change the way they feel. Better let them do what they will. For they will, if you let them, steal your heart.