I've always been petrified of working for a boss who I didn't like but who I was in fear of, because I wanted my salary.

If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.

The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.

My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't.

Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise.

I'd say the most dangerous thing I've ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand...

I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I hate political correctness. I absolutely loathe it.

That was extraordinary. Unfortunately, extraordinarily bad.

I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it.

Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.

The best way to kill someone is from the inside, by crushing their hopes and dreams.

Life moves based on our Decisions not by choices provided by Lord

I did a weird thing when I was about 24. For four years I had written quite a lot of poetry, and I started reading through it and thought some of it was really good. So I burnt it all.

Question your answers, Truth has no anger

In other countries poverty is a misfortune - with us it is a crime.

There will never be another Black Messiah unless we create him

A good man is kinder to his enemy than bad men are to their friends.

I learned from my teachers but became through my music

A great variety of reading confuses and does not teach. It makes the student like a man who dwells everywhere and, therefore, nowhere in particular.

I'm really happy, and beating Marc [Marquez] at the very last chicane gives me an extra boost.

Clever tyrants are never punished.