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

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.

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.

The way the business things work in Russia is you have to meet people, you have to go through a certain amount of etiquette and business things are done just simply by a shake of the hand and whether they like you or not.

If you were born by the sea, there's always a magnet that draws you back there.

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.

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