Ever since I was a kid, I've had an enormous interest in the sciences - everything from quantum physics to anthropology.

I had piano lessons at five and started guitar at ten, but although music and acting was always around me, my parents never pressured me into it.

Is there a God? No. God is a verb, not a noun.

Writing is a great love of mine.

My influences were Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry.

When I do my solo concerts, I'm used to being on the stage for two hours solid, singing 16 songs. And when I did 'Funny Thing,' I was on the stage the whole time. This is much more difficult. It's the difference between racing and sprinting. This is sprinting. And I have to learn to pace myself.

When I look back on my life, I wonder how I survived - my mother said I had a guardian angel.