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" I think the media is a real demon. "

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" I had been obsessed with insects and creepy-crawlies: I used to get up at five o'clock in the morning and go out into this field behind our garden and collect insects before everyone else got up, and suddenly, all I wanted to know about was music. It just seemed a very, very strange thing. "

" If I can just live further from the spotlight I think that'll be better for all really. "

" I have got other interests than just making music. I would like to follow those interests through. "

" I never really told my parents that I wanted to be a pop star or anything. They just knew that I was totally obsessed with music. Funnily enough, my father always used to say that he didn't think I could sing. "

" I do want people to know that the songs that I wrote when I was with women were really about women. And the songs that I've written since have been fairly obvious about men. "

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" I write about my life. "

" I'm not stupid enough to think that I can deal with another 10 or 15 years of major exposure. I think that is the ultimate tragedy of fame... People who are simply out of control, who are lost. I've seen so many of them, and I don't want to be another cliche. "

" I mean, I've done different things at different times that I shouldn't have done, once or twice, you know. "

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" I am a political person, though not with a big P. "

" I'd like to say things are bound to get better, but I don't really believe it. "

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" I would advise any gay person that being out in the real sense can never happen too soon. "

" I'm 10-12 years into life as an out gay man, and I'm a different person. I think there are things about my journey that might be useful to other people, and coming up with a hit record on its own doesn't seem to be enough anymore. "

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" If someone really wants to hurt you, they'll find a way whatever. I don't want to live my life worrying about it. "

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