I don't go for safe options. Romantically, I go for people who are a pain in the ass.

I have been taken for a ride a couple of times. I've been hurt by people who I've had a 90 percent possibility of being hurt by.

The main downside was that it [fame] happened so quickly and I didn't have time to establish what kind of person I wanted to be.

I probably owe an apology to fans that have been supportive and have not wanted to believe any of this was true. It takes a little bit of the sheen off of the mystique.

This is a very fickle business. It's really about how much you value the other things in your life. I still value too many other things more than I do fame.

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.

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