[Wham!] totally changed my life. It would be very difficult to know how it changed me as a person; you'd have to ask other people that.

I hope it really comes off. It would make my dad really proud." (about the song for the coming 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece)

I think I've gotten everything I want out of the last years, and I still feel like I have a lot of options open to me.

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.

When I open my mouth and sing, the truth comes out. When I write, the truth comes out. I can't lie. That, I think, is one of the strongest elements of my music. When people talk about my writing as though I'm doing it from an accountant's perspective, it really pisses me off.

I'm not a great collaborator, to tell the truth.

I guess I was about 15. I wore glasses at the time, and I remember [first girlfriend] sitting on the floor at a party, one of those school parties where everyone is getting off with each other. I remember her taking my glasses off and saying something very complimentary about my eyes or whatever, and I was just so pissed off because I was convinced she was taking the piss out of me.