So people might say, "oh my God you're so boring. You're not saying a thing", but I love it now. I say, if I'm boring, then amuse yourself by finding something else to do. You see, they relied on me to entertain them. Once, if somebody said I'm boring, I would go mad, I'd have had a flap ... but now I love it.

Success has brought me millions of pounds, and worldwide adulation, but not the thing we all need - a loving relationship. You can be loved by so many thousands of people, yet still be the most loneliest person. And the frustration of that makes it even worse, because it's hard for people to understand that you can be lonely.

(...) loneliness doesn't just mean shut off in a room by yourself, it can be that you're in a crowded area but still be the most lonely person, and that's the most hurtful thing.

I just sing the songs. I write them and I record and produce them, and it is up to the buyer to interpret it the way that he or she feels. It's not up to us to come up with a product and label it. It would be so boring if everything was laid out and everybody knew exactly what it was all about all the time. I like people to make up their own minds.

A lot of people are creative, in their own way. It doesn't have to be just in music. That is part of the talent as well - do you see dears? I've always maintained that, that you can't just sit at home and say, 'Look, I'm so wonderful, I'm so creative, I'll just wait.' No. You've got to go out there and actually grab it, and utilise it, and make it work. This is part of talent.