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

I've been approached many times by many different people, and most people want to do something that I write and produce, and I'm just not into that.

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

Say what you want about America - thirteen bucks can still get you a hell of a lot of mice!

I don't really feel I deserve something if I haven't had to fight for it. It's not a conscious attitude, and it's stupid and wrong. Sometimes you do deserve things without having to put yourself through agony.

This was absolutely an attack on [British Prime Minister] Tony Blair, principally, and the perspective which is really predominant in Europe right now that he's not questioning enough of Mr. Bush's policies.

You'd be surprised how young 25-year-old girls can sound when they want to scream. It isn't that young an audience, and it really frustrates me when I read the word "prepubescent" in my reviews. Even the ones that started following me with Wham! are in their late teens by now.