I'm a liar. I'll rip your mind up. I'll burn your soul, I'll turn you in to me.

I want to learn more about the world. It makes me want to get up and go.

In blues music, there's a lot of borrowing, so it's often difficult to identify the originator of a song.

You could split hairs and bring up words like 'doo-wop' and terms like 'soul' or 'R&B', but I think pop music is what you want it to be - that's why it's pop.

While I have no empirical evidence to back this up, I bet that the number of homosexual people per thousand has not fluctuated all that much over the centuries. I do not believe the dented wisdom my father used to extol, that homosexuality was a sure sign of a civilization in decline.

There're some places that are more difficult or dangerous to navigate and I wouldn't look forward to going back. Like I'd much rather go back to Afghanistan - which fascinates me - quicker than I'd go back to spend a week walking around Nairobi, Kenya, which is a great and easy way to get yourself killed.

I can't remember that I ever had just a minute of stage fright.