Fame is a curse... it was the worst phase of my life, which I thank God I'll never have to go through again.

I understand that we are actually complicated people but we are also dreadfully simple.

Fame is a curse... it was the worst phase of my life, which I thank God I'll never have to go through again.

In my belief, there's one spirit. I prefer to call it the Holy Spirit. I don't think it matters if you call it God or Allah or Jesus or Fred or David or too early in the morning or whatever.

When I sing, it's the most solitary state: just me, and the microphone, and the holy spirit. It's not about notes or scales, it's all about emotion.

When you live with the Devil you learn there's a God very quickly.

What pisses me off is when I've got seven or eight record company fat pig men sitting there telling me what to wear.