I know I'm a pop star. But sometime I'd like to be a rock star.

I write, "Give me reason but don't give me choice, because I'll make the same mistake again." I think that's what most men want to be told.

It may be over but it won't stop there, I am here for you if you'd only care

To get up on stage with a band is fantastic. To play songs to an audience is mindblowing.

No matter whether you are black or white, man or woman, gay or straight, Christian, Muslim, or Jew, we all share the same emotions, the same human condition.

I always wanted to be a Muppet. So when 'Sesame Street' approached me to guest star, I thought: 'I'm going to be on this!' It's pretty incredible stuff.

Being sent away to boarding school at seven is as great an inspiration as any songwriter could have - to be taken away from one's family and locked away for 10 years. It does create an incredible intensity of emotion.