It's taken a long time but eventually when I had the songs in place and demos right and I found myself a manager, that's when everything started happening quickly but I think that's always the way it is.

My life is brillant, My love is pure.

My parents are still together. I have two sisters. I travel the world and they are the people I speak to.

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.

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

It's always nice to be able to capture your life's experiences in a song and hold the emotion in that way.