I think that once you've had a few No. 1s in your career that you've kind of proven yourself and I don't feel the need to prove anything anymore.

I love Dolce & Gabbana. I love Versace. I love the crazy, more eccentric stuff.

The statement is that I’m not one icon. I’m every icon. I’m an icon that is made out of all the colors on the palette at every time.

I've made it my goal to revolutionise pop music.

Applause was designed to bemuse and confuse you until it explodes into a chorus that reminds us why we love pop music.

What I've discovered is that in art, as in music, there's a lot of truth-and then there's a lie. The artist is essentially creating his work to make this lie a truth, but he slides it in amongst all the others. The tiny little lie is the moment I live for, my moment. It's the moment that the audience falls in love.

I don't want to make money; I want to make a difference.