What I do now is all my dad's fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason. ... I wrote some of my best love songs ever when I was unhappy and my saddest love songs when I was very much in love. When I wrote 'You're in My Heart', which is an uplifting song, I had just broken up with-Now who had I broken up with?. ... Half the battle is selling music, not singing it. It's the image, not what you sing.

I love change, I need it.

There's nobody I look up to, really.

Optimism is my best defense.

I do feel a certain love from the British public.

Even the President needs passion.

I have a very lively and colourful show. It's two hours of hits and the music speaks for itself.