It seems like the more I punish myself, the better it's been. What it is, I'm relentless and I never give up. I never take the easy way out.

If you can sort out why you feel the way you do then you might be in better shape to meet your maker.

When you come from desperate poverty, and that's exactly what I come from, you know that nonsenses are not to be tolerated. I'm not sure who gains from chaos, but I know it's not the poor folks in the council flats. The politics of vindictiveness is never, ever anything like a solution.

I have no time for lies and fantasy, and neither should you. Enjoy or die.

I mean, the genuine roots of culture is folk music.

Until I see an Arab country, a Muslim country, with a democracy, I won't understand how anyone can have a problem with how they're treated.

I could never be a member of a single party. I want the best of all worlds, thank you.