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

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.

I wouldn't marry until I was ready to have children.

It's almost required with major artists that there's some duality. And I've got duality everywhere.

I thought [first girlfriend] was trying to make a fool out of me. Then I found out that she wasn't, and we went out. That's a very good example of how little confidence I had.

Satire is used for political purposes all the time, but obviously there's a time and a place. I think in the current climate, it can be very difficult to speak your mind, but sometimes, I believe, we're all in danger and I think this discussion needs to be widened.

I don't know what age the people who review my concerts reached puberty, I don't know if people in America reach puberty a lot later than they do in England or something like that, but the majority of those people are in their late teens and early twenties.