Certainly in terms of my life - anybody's life - you go through death, childbirth and marriage, glory and defeat, and so on.

I still believe that love is the most powerful force in the world, even though I am yet to experience it fully.

Yes, I'm a homosexual and I like to shock people with glamour.

I have this horrible, horrible habit of going on YouTube and checking out comments about what I do.

Being uncool is being pretty much the coolest you can be.

Musically I'm able to keep going, because it's not about money and it's not about success. It's a challenge.

When it comes to sitting down and composing, there is no hesitation, no concern, no critics breathing fire down my neck. For me, writing a song is the purest part of all. No one can mess with that.