Frank Sinatra said this great thing, that singing isn't about singing in tune, or great technical singing. It's about making people believe in the story you're telling.

I've got so much I want to do, and not a lot of time to do it in. People say to me, "You really shouldn't do so many records", because it actually harms your career.

Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.

I've always loved the rock & roll element to live shows, because whatever else I do, I'm basically a rock/pop performer, and that's what I like.

Albums, with me, have never had an easy birth. Especially when all the songs are self-written songs.

Maybe I was a bit harsh on some people. But I was harshest on myself, really.

A lot of youth today have become very narrow and conservative in a way, whereas we in the older generation are kind of living it.