To say what you feel is to dig your own grave.

You must not try to be too pure, you must fly closer to the sea.

I suppose the biggest change to me is this kind of very oversexualizing of everything. Not that anyone wants to take the sex out of rock 'n' roll, you know - that would be ludicrous - but it seems that everything now, it's like the sexuality is the only voice; everything else is gone.

I think people who come from abuse and/or people who have mental illnesses, have terrible self-esteem problems.

It's very hard to be perceived as a boss, and behaving like a boss or wanting to be treated like one.

I'm on fire when I'm singing, I'm completely in character, I use my sense memories, and every syllable of it is meant. It's a very special thing.

Look at all our old men in pubs. Look at all our young people on drugs.