There's A Lot Of Hate In The

That's Just A Part Of Being An Artist: You Can't Write Great Stuff All The Time, Because If You Did, Then You'd Be Inhuman. The Human Side Of People Is That Sometimes They Fail.

I Do Like My Rock Stars To Be A Little Larger Than Life. I Don't Mind The Earnest Ones At All, But I Do Like A Bit Of Individuality.

I've Got To Think About What I'm Going To Say Very Carefully. There's Two Avenues Of Thought: Do You Stop Everyone Going, Ban All The Artists Coming In From Russia? But Then You're Really Leaving The Men And Women Who Are Gay And Suffering Under The Antigay Laws In An Isolated Situation. As A Gay Man, I Can't Leave Those People On Their Own Without Going Over There And Supporting Them. I Don't Know What's Going To Happen, But I've Got To Go.

People Say, "you Should Write Lyrics" And I Say I'm Quite Happy Not To, Because I Like Being Part Of That Process Where You Write Your Version Of What Someone Else's Lyrics Are Saying To You, And That Enjoyment Has Never Changed.

Don't Shoot Me, I'm Just The Piano Player!