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.

I think there's always been singers like that and i've done my fair share of cheese as well.

I don't really have anything against Will Young or Gareth Gates.

I think in the past I think I probably was a little too diverse, probably went from one spectrum to the complete opposite and confusing people.

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 always been the sort of person who immerses myself in things, and eventually you become part of that life.

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