For a while I took Ecstacy when it was not very available over here. I took it simply because it made me feel that everything was wonderful.

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.

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.

You couldn't release the single on its own, because no one wanted it.

[My father] was more than apprehensive. He didn't think I stood a chance in hell. He had no confidence in me whatsoever and was convinced that I was going to be coming to him for money when I was 40. We argued about it constantly.

It's really difficult trying to find the line where you don't piss anybody off.

It's an incredibly limited sphere those tabloids have, isn't it? Basically, they can accuse people of being gay and they can accuse people of taking drugs, but they can't get any more sensational without entering into the realm of incredibly bad taste.