I have earned hundreds of thousands of pounds, but I can't seem to get to grips with money.

All humans realize they are loved when witnessing the dawn; early morning is the triumph of good over evil. Absolved by light we decide to go on.

I strive for what you do find in Shakespeare's work - that there is a definite humanity and a definite character behind the writing in the sonnets, and it's very real because it's so deeply personal. I try to aspire to that in what I do.

My love of maple syrup. I've been known to knock back a can over a couple days: A swig here, a swig there, and next thing you know it's gone. It's a habit I have to stave off. I don't want to lose all my teeth.

I think everybody identified at a pretty young age that I was fairly entranced with myself. And that I had to be tempered.

When I was signed, at the age of 23...the fact that I presented myself as an out gay man was very, very unusual.

I think I've done a pretty fantastic job, but of course I want to sell millions of records.