Russians have a new freedom, but as long as they don't express that freedom on a public platform.

Soho has got to be at its centre. It's got such a history for rock, pop, poetry, jazz, writers, all those things, and I think it should be valued as such, and protected as this centre for bohemia.

People come from all over the world to see this little place they've seen in movies and read about in history books: Soho.

I think the older I get the more creative I get, I don't have the distractions that I had when I was younger.

I think in the past I think I probably was a little too diverse, probably went from one spectrum to the complete opposite and confusing people.

I don't enjoy being a celebrity, I don't want any part of that or any part of that fame for fame... i'd actually rather die than be a celebrity slime!!!

I was a magnet for people who want to take advantage of people like me, who think they're part of this life but they're not.

I think there's always been singers like that and i've done my fair share of cheese as well.

My next record I really just want it to be a collection of great songs, classic songs in a way.

We just kind saw the images and knew the cliches, so to have the opportunity to go there and learn something about Russian music and about Russian people and to see things apart from being a tourist.

As long as ugly people are not on TV, you should only ever have interesting people on TV.

Free yourself of any load which impedes you

Experience is the one thing you have plenty of when you're too old to get the job.

Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers.

Well, we're living in a material world, and I'm a material girl... or boy.

Whether you're a man or not comes from your heart, not how much hair you have on your head.

I cannot expect even my own art to provide all of the answers, only to hope it keeps asking the right questions.

Things kind of happen organically with me.

I used to work for 12 or 14 hours at a time but the digital age has made such happy immersions almost impossible.

I think if you run away from who you are, that you're a Democrat and you're proud to be a Democrat, it's foolish. And the reason it's foolish is you've got a lot to be proud of.

What's good for the United States is good for the New York Stock Exchange. But what's good for the New York Stock Exchange might not be good for the United States.