grand a pop for the vampires who survived their first does.
My mum is great for keeping hold of old classics - pieces of clothing that never age and never go out of fashion.
I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.
At the age of 13, I felt it was up to me to decide whether I wanted to go to church or be with my mates, and I chose to go to church.
Since age seven, I've been composing and have never stopped composing, yet, the creative process is as elusive to me as it has ever been.
I tend not to think about living to some grand old age. Then again, I don't think about dying, either.
The preparation, commitment and desire to win will be no less than the last time I drove a grand prix car in anger.
History is always a grand fantasy... To reconstruct is to invent.
Invention is not always good. Sometimes our inventions are too powerful for us to control.
I have two friends, Grand and Ed, but I don’t take them for granted.
I'm not preaching about things you should do, I'm not political or anything. I'm probably not the best role model.
I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it.
A good producer brings out the best in the artist he's working with. You shouldn't be able to listen to something and say, 'So-and-so produced this album.'
All you can do as an artist is just strive to make the best record you can and ride the rollercoaster as it goes up and down.
Maxi dresses are also my best friend. They take me from my morning coffee, to the beach, to nighttime.
Sinatra was pretty astute - he used the best songwriters around, he used all the resources, he covered every song from the era basically.
When I go out, I'm not going out to find a man; I'm going out to dance the night away with my best friends.
The 'Gossip Girl' idea and ideologies, like, they sort of encourage this certain kind of, like, materialism and superficiality that isn't, I would say, the best thing in the world.
When I do interviews, I enter them with an open mind and try to answer the questions the best I can.
I don't mind being called 'Supernova.' If one nickname is going to stick, that's not a bad one!
The people that live in my hometown do not walk along the street with smiles on their faces. It is a desperate place, but I got out.
