We [with Andrew Ridgeley] didn't expect people to take it seriously. But naturally they did, and they thought we were a couple of wankers.

My music is some of the most honest music that's been released and I think that's why people buy it.

I was at Live Aid the original, looking like Rolf Harris for some reason. I had a really long beard that day for some reason.

I was supposed to be a real Thatcherite. Just by dint of being a first-generation immigrant and having not had money, and then suddenly having it - and getting on planes and going to Ibiza and sitting around in thongs. But actually nothing I was writing or doing was even vaguely Thatcherite.

Andrew [Ridgeley] and I had demoed a couple of our songs very cheaply, and we weren't expecting any kind of record deal. We just walked around with our demo tape, trying to find someone to give us the money to demo properly. Instead of that, we got a record contract. It was just an incredibly lucky break.

We [with Andrew Ridgeley] were getting so much attention and achieving such success. It never really bothered me.

Be good to yourself 'cause nobody else has the power to make you happy.