More often than not, whenever gossip has been written about me, the gossip is more interesting than the reality. I know some public figures hate gossip, but personally I like it because it makes my life sound more glamorous and interesting than it really is.

Whereas for me, touring tends to be a very strange and isolating experience.

For me my biggest inspiration is trying to make music that effects me as much as the music made by my heroes.

I was trying to convince myself I could learn to be gay - but no. That's one of my great regrets.

I've worked with all sorts of random people - everybody from Metallica to Britney Spears to Ozzy Osbourne to Michael Jackson to the Beastie Boys. I've got a really strange CV. It's interesting - I work with a lot of these disparate, different people to learn what it's like to work with random people.

It takes a unique woman to see me as any sort of catch.

I used to have a lot of envy for those musicians who have been universally loved.