What could equal the bliss? / The thrill of the first kiss / It'll blow right to you / It's never as good as the first time.

If you're only making an album every 10 years, it better be good.

London was a really multi-racial city ... It's incredible how comfortable people are with race there.

I've got absolutely no real perception, properly, of time.

I've never associated myself with other singers, certainly not female singers.

I think you only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider.

People generally let me be me. People are aware that I'm not someone particularly begging for attention. They hold back a bit with me.