I took some time away from the music industry. I've been doing this since I was 16 and needed some time to get to know myself as a grown-up.

I never felt like I was forced to do anything.

I've always been singing and making noise. I used to do that all the time when I was a kid. My mom would get very frustrated with me because I would just sit around and make noises.

I think it's very easy to get self-conscious and stuck when you're doing everything on your own.

I never learned to play properly either, I was a little bit too lazy for that, but as long I could express myself in a way that had sound, I was happy.

I've been collaborating a lot, because I like working that way. It's fun and keeps you moving forward.

You get a lot of fame, but haven't created anything musically.

I really do know what I want with my life. I think that keeps me from making bad decisions and spending time doing stuff I don't enjoy.

I hadn't known anything else, other than being an artist, and I needed to be a person for a while, really get to know myself without that whole thing [of selling music] surrounding me.

The challenge is to translate the song into something that works on the stage. It's pop music, but I try to keep it as loose as possible.

I have quite a broad taste in music.

The aspiration to save the world is a morbid phenomenon of today's youth.

Now is everythingNow is the essenceNow is the focusFocus on the nowFor that is the key

You see, most people gain weight because they give into cravings. But when you easily (and without feeling like you're depriving yourself) gain control, the extra weight comes off.

There are two types of men in this world--one is looking for a woman to make his life complete and the other is looking for a woman to join his complete life.

The only thing I get from the theatre is a sore arse.

The best things cannot be told, the second best are misunderstood. After that comes civilized conversation; after that, mass indoctrination; after that, intercultural exchange.

To me, there's nothing greater than making people laugh.

When you get to know some of the history of the game, Oscar Robertson is one of the names that pops up first.

I still do believe that form and content are very much related. I think throwing away some of the rule books on that is a good thing.

I love rich people. Any time I needed a job, I went to a rich person. I like poor people, but they never had a job for me.