I was a magnet for people who want to take advantage of people like me, who think they're part of this life but they're not.

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

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.

I was very much a mess, as a person. I'd come from a very turbulent teenage life, with parents who had broken up in a very bad way, and a lot of illness at school.

So often, the singer is the sound of the record. People think they can cover anything, but the whole voice is the thing that's unrepeatable.

I don't care much about success or anything like that. I've only ever wanted life to be an adventure.

I think the older I get the more creative I get, I don't have the distractions that I had when I was younger.