It was like I had a curse on me. I couldn't believe how much God was piling on. There was so much death around me.

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

I just feel "One More Try" is better lyrically. "Careless Whisper" was written when I was 17 years old, and I had not really experienced anything that strong in my life, so it was a bit precocious.

I think my idea of a perfect romance is when two people really belong to each other.

I'm basically a control freak. It's not because I want to be. I'm not at all into the power play that's involved in it.

I just mean people who seem unavailable in the sense that they're not prepared to totally cling to anyone. I'm very attracted to people who are basically free spirits.

I also think I could probably repeat the commercial success; whether I want to or not is a different matter. I think there is still better work inside me.