I don't care about the word 'pop'. The Beatles were pop; it's just what's popular.
It is quite wrong for party conferences to be used as an excuse for the Commons not to sit. Conferences could be held at weekends.
When you play for ticket-holders, you are already validated. I have no sense that I need to be accepted. I'm already accepted.
The thing about being an artist today is you get to develop right in front of people's eyes before you even put out an album.
I was a huge Mike Tyson fan growing up; his fights were always on in my house.
I spent my first 10 years in the Commonwealth. I come from cricket, crumpets, cucumber sandwiches, the Queen.
My Mozart career began as a teenager in Los Angeles, singing arias from 'Le Nozze di Figaro' and 'Don Giovanni.'
I never became a producer to go to parties or wear nice clothes or put sales figures on my Wiki page.
I loved rap, especially in the early days. But I wasn't trying to shove it down anybody's throats.
I basically was in charge of the Jackson 5 - all their creative, when it came down to the studio, and all their musical endeavors.
I wanted to let my employees know what will come if they make the wrong choice. They need to worry if Obama gets reelected.
For some reason, ever since I was a little kid, I wake with the most energy of the day, and it slowly declines from there.
About 90 percent of what's out there in cyberspace is hearsay - or lies - and opinion, often misinformed opinion, and it's all repeated over and over again.
You need a platform upon which to release an orchestral record, otherwise it's just going to be an obscurity.
God's command 'Go ye, and preach the gospel to every creature' was the categorical imperative. The question of personal safety was wholly irrelevant.
I take inspiration from everything around me, also relationships and friends. And the inside of my crazy head.
I'm not afraid, as a writer, of being emotional. I'm obsessed with human emotion, body parts, physicality.
You should constantly write because your writing is always evolving and progressing. It's really important to start writing young.
So many have been growing with us from the very beginning of our career. Others are brand new to us.
Right now, my voice is better than ever. It changed. I have better low notes than I had before.
I don't like schools. And I mean, you have to call on all your friends to get them into their schools.
