I just really allowed my muse to be my guide and I just go with whatever I'm feeling.
We're in a period where society seems very attracted to flash, and that seeps into people's musical taste.
I don't believe that human beings are necessarily monogamous.
I often say fame is kind of like a drug or like sugar: when it's controlling you it doesn't feel good at all.
I'm a singer and as long as I can sing - which, thank God, is something that I still seem to be able to do - I'd like to carry on making records.
I don't sing anything that hurts my voice.
I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.
It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make.
My public image is so low-key, but I get to travel the world and still have an audience and it's really amazing. I don't take that for granted.
I feel like at 50 I've decided to become a rock star, which is, you know, typical of me. I always seem to work backwards.
I mean, I am fully aware of my influence and my responsibility to society in general representing the gay community. But in the same time, I don't represent the entire gay community because it's a vast, vast community, as one can imagine.
As a songwriter you have an umbilical cord to the song and it's hard to expand on your understanding of the lyrics. Whereas when you cover a song you can create your own reason why you're attached to it.
I believe in monogamy if that's what a couple decides upon together, but it all depends on the personal history and culture of the two involved.
There are days when I still want to be able to do what I want when I want, but there's also something wonderful about being secure.
I think I don't sing as hard as I used to sing. I used to kind of hit the accelerator a lot back in my youth, but now it's just being able to control it, and not work it so hard and use more of an emotional or sub textual kind of approach to singing.
It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.
Minimal is the word I'd use to describe how I live and dress, and it's also how I sing. I'm not a big fan of overemoting.
I never, my producer never, we never let myself just sing. We were always trying to get the perfect vocal.
I sort of believe that my voice was preordained; I'm a Buddhist who believes in reincarnation so I think that my voice is a few lifetimes old.
Television really has been my vehicle. I don't get played on the radio much, so I've relied on TV a lot.
