For some people, fame kills it and becomes more important than the music or the performance. But for me fame is like rocket fuel. The more my fans like what I'm doing, the more I want to give back to them. And my passion is so strong I can't sleep - I haven't slept for three days.

What good are fans? You can't eat applause for breakfast. You can't sleep with it.

Behind every successful person lies a pack of haters.

Having these colossal accolades and titles, they get in the way.

The outside world wants me to have glamour; my fans want me glamorous. I won't let them down.

The only way to deal with critics is to go over their heads direct to the public.