I feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment. Everything is in tune: the voice, the type of music, who I am and who people think I am.

I am not quite sure where home is right now. I do have places in London and Milan, and a house in Spain. I guess I would say home is where my mother is, and she lives in Spain.

I have a love-hate relationship with performing.

Life is too complex to compress into soundbites. Every situation is different.

Anything can happen to anyone at any time and you shouldn't just live through the days, or you lose them. You should do what you can to enjoy every moment.

Being varied is something I do instinctively and naturally. I feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment.

I've always been involved with all aspects of my careers. Being behind the camera seems as natural as in front.

In the past, I always used to be looking for answers. Today, I know there are only questions. So I just live.

I think of myself not just as a dreamer, but as a dream chaser.

I just wanted a change. My hair started hurting my back, so I went to my hairdresser and said 'Take it off.' And I'm delighted with the results.

I love a challenge and the last four years it has all come to fruition and it has been wonderful.

Nothing is Something That to All Isn't There

When a fan comes up to you and says I love your music, there’s nothing better than that.

Of course it is extremely difficult to like oneself in a culture which thinks you are a disease.

The province of faith begins where probabilities cease and sight and sense fail.

More than anything I want to be able to go back to Cuba, to have a house to visit there, to know my roots. Then, at last, I could sing for my people.

The military's own report says that one-third of deaths and casualties could have been avoided if proper body armor and vehicle armor had been provided from the start of the war.

The duality of St Petersburg and Leningrad remains. They are not even on speaking terms.

I love grand scale. One of the things that everybody mentions is that my novels are beautiful objects in the sense that the elements of the actual book are being extruded and re-contextualized.

Time is the eternal now, seen through the narrow slit of the mind.

The median isn't the message.