It simply works. You do it twice a year. Who cares? And it balances my smoking and drinking.

I think of stress as the creator of cancer and heart attacks, like a tiny little ball you feed. I believe that one of the reasons I've never got ill is that I'm not stressed.

I've always treated the music business as a business.

I can't think of one person who is on TV who isn't vain. It's the nature of the beast. If you are on TV then you have a vanity, for sure. Just admit it! Why not?

The only magazines I read are car magazines.

I do see a big difference in the American work ethic compared to the British work ethic in a lot of artists.

I think America is a hard nut to crack. But once you get a toehold, it's a great place for an entrepreneur because people are so enthusiastic, and you have the most enthusiastic audiences in world.