If it's the beginning of something - like an album, I'm working on the lyrics and I take a walkman and headset.

You leave a country, they stop playing you on the radio.

I'm much happier just to write myself out of the script entirely.

I can't remember much about the early flights, except that it was ages before we got into First Class.

Tattoos don't impress me. For me it's just another awkward part of fame. It's extraordinary - tattoos in basketball and soccer, it's quite extraordinary.

Before you write - remember that every speech has something of 'you' in the writing. Don't take that away when you write. Be yourself. Be comfortable in your own skin.

Things happen, but things happen and you follow... your heart is too dramatic, but you follow.