I think death is not simply the last few moments of life, death is something that runs throughout the whole of life. Each of our moments is not only the possibility of affirmation, but it's also we're saying farewell at each moment to something.

Everything is an open book. I don't speak on other people's hardship, but if it happened in my life or something that has been an experience on my particular journey, I'm going to talk about it. That's what my fan base appreciates the most. I'm universal. You can relate to the things I say or that I go through.

The racehorses assemble at the starting barrier in all the finery of a mediaeval pageant, the jockeys in silks like figures from a Tarot pack, the bookies in leather and tweeds standing beside their boards each confident that the future has been controlled.

I love making people laugh. And I love laughing.

At the end of the day, your fans are the people who support you in and out. And their opinions matter.

There's a difference between who we love, who we settle for, and who we're meant for.

Every poem that I write is, in a sense, trying to find adequate words for this unspeakable word, around which my entire life turns.