I do spend a lot more time away from the U.K., it's important to me that I still feel the beat of the people that have been close to me for a long, long time. It's also important that I have really strong and beautiful relationships which I wish to preserve. That enables me - or challenges me, ultimately - to get a Texas driving license!

I was young - I was 20 years old. Now I have the gift of perspective and I feel pretty good about it.

I don't know how much more expressive you can get than being a rock and roll singer.

Six months go by very quickly when you're a genius.

I met Jason Donovan at RAK studios. He had jodphurs on and small riding boots as he jumped out of the cab. He looked just like me!

It's crucial that I kind of keep up, without drifting into the backslapping land of cliche and lifetime achievement awards.

Music means communication to me. I say 'listen you people out there, listen to my music, let's be one.' Music is a friend to me when I am lonely, when I am blue. You can't define music 'cause music is cosmos and it knows no barrier or definition. You have to feel music to dig it.