My music is some of the most honest music that's been released and I think that's why people buy it.

I seem to think that anything worth having in life has to be painful to attain.

Because of the media, the way the world is perceived is as a place where resources and time are running out. We're taught that you have to grab what you can before it's gone. It's almost as if there isn't time for compassion.

Things that I was writing for Wham! were a strong indication of what my future album would be like. But most people got so lost in our image and found it pretty repulsive.

I lost my partner [Anselmo Feleppa] to HIV then it took about three years to grieve; then after that I lost my mother. I felt almost like I was cursed.

Still, the music was always there, and the lyrical capability was always threatening to show its head.

Freedom. I won't let you down.