In a perfect world, I would never do any interviews, and probably there would be one photo out there of me, and that would be it.
Nobody asks me about what male musicians I think about; I only ever get asked about females.
All through school, I was losing hundreds of pounds in school, so that's a journey - that's an old journey. I'm tired of that. I know that road.
I'm really fortunate because, in my career, I haven't had to deal with anybody trying to make me something I'm not.
I really feel every word to every song a lot more than I have in the past.
I've been able to perform in front of thousands of people on stage in a character that's nothing like me. I'm very shy.
I really just compete against myself. I look at my previous material and try to surpass what I've done.
I've been really, really blessed. I got to perform on stage with Bob Dylan. I've gotten to sing with Mick Jagger.
And I don't expect anyone can bring about a revolution in the way that Bob Dylan did - and really didn't - in the 1960s.
I'm a happy-go-lucky character. I'm not that miserable. But I can never let anyone into my world.
When you're the cash cow that lays the golden goose egg, people are always going to cheer you on, whatever.
Solo artists are generally totally insane. Elton John? Slightly eccentric. George Michael? He's mad as custard.
I don't like being on television when I'm playing live. I don't even like being on Jools Holland or any of them programs.
Why is the rest of the world so overcrowded? Nobody lives in America! We're all squashed up on top of each other in London.
I meet these kids in the street and they're shaking. But I' saying, 'I'm honored to met you.' It makes me cry. It's beyond special
I like being a big fish in a small pond. I'm not interested in a huge audience because it brings headaches.
I have this typical Ukrainian face. Even people who know my music don't recognize me most of the time, thank God.
If it's total freedom, I guess the ultimate thing you can go into is total silence between the audience and performer, with the performer projecting something he doesn't even have to play.
In The Police, in a trio situation - which I've come back to now - it's just so wide open that it does actually provide this arena where you can play with a certain freedom.
The freedom I have as a U.S. citizen is unparalleled. Despite the fact people may not like American passports, having that passport affords me more freedoms than any other passport could.
Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Usually a dictatorship like in Russia and Germany will prevent jazz from being played because it just seemed to represent freedom, democracy and the United States.
