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" The older I get, the more I embrace who I am. "

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" Heartache is very fertile ground for song-making but so is happiness, so is absolute bliss. "

" My public image is so low-key, but I get to travel the world and still have an audience and it's really amazing. I don't take that for granted. "

" Television really has been my vehicle. I don't get played on the radio much, so I've relied on TV a lot. "

" There are days when I still want to be able to do what I want when I want, but there's also something wonderful about being secure. "

" I'm a singer and as long as I can sing - which, thank God, is something that I still seem to be able to do - I'd like to carry on making records. "

" I think I don't sing as hard as I used to sing. I used to kind of hit the accelerator a lot back in my youth, but now it's just being able to control it, and not work it so hard and use more of an emotional or sub textual kind of approach to singing. "

" If you knew how meat was made, you'd probably lose your lunch. "

" I think I have allowed my voice to experiment with the different genres. And I think that I have just really enjoyed the journey of getting to know my voice and seeing what it's capable of, what it's not capable of. "

" It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality. "

" I just try to speak passionately about things I'm involved in and moved by. "

" We're in a period where society seems very attracted to flash, and that seeps into people's musical taste. "

" I mean, I am fully aware of my influence and my responsibility to society in general representing the gay community. But in the same time, I don't represent the entire gay community because it's a vast, vast community, as one can imagine. "

" I wanted to write songs that would play themselves on stage, songs that sweep you through their current. "

" I'm nearly 50. I'm past being photographed falling out of bars. "

" I believe in monogamy if that's what a couple decides upon together, but it all depends on the personal history and culture of the two involved. "

" Life is so impermanent that it's not about somebody else or things around me, it's about knowing you are completely alone in this world and being content inside. "

" I just try to live a really simple, natural life, because obviously, life has an impact on your voice. "

" I don't sing anything that hurts my voice. "

" The sky is an infinite movie to me. I never get tired of looking at what's happening up there. "

" You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself. "

" I never, my producer never, we never let myself just sing. We were always trying to get the perfect vocal. "

" When women make their image about youth and sexuality, and not about intellect, that's kind of a dead-end road. So I think it's a combination of self-entrapment and entrapment by society. "

" I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly. "

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" My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear. "

" I just really allowed my muse to be my guide and I just go with whatever I'm feeling. "

" Minimal is the word I'd use to describe how I live and dress, and it's also how I sing. I'm not a big fan of overemoting. "

" It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make. "