Perspective Quotes

When you go to a club it's not about being black or white or heavy or thick. I'm shaking my ass because I want to shake my ass, not 'cause "I'm dancing like a black girl!"

I didn't know that was me until we fucking cut the record! I just thought it was a guy who's got a weird English accent.

She wasn't a big impact on my life. It's just interesting to me how interested the world is about Taylor Swift. The reason I mention that is because if I had [properly] gone out with Taylor Swift, I would've been, 'F-king hell, I am not being Taylor Swift's boyfriend.' You know, 'F-k. That.' That's also a man thing, a demasculinating [sic], emasculating thing.

Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.

Don't try to describe the ocean if you've never seen it.

Without geography you're nowhere.

I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear.

I don't expect to make old bones, and what's more I don't really care.

The bigger the better; In everything.

My songs are like Bic razors. For fun, for modern consumption. You listen to it, like it, discard it, then on to the next. Disposable pop.

I never thought of myself as the leader. The most important person, perhaps.

You can do whatever you like with my image, my music, remix it, re-release it, whatever... just never make me boring.

I keep reading that I'm diminutive - why do people call me that? I'm 5ft 11in with size 11 feet. I'd actually like smaller feet. It might be a fetish, but I do like graceful feet, and small ones lend themselves to grace.

A red-headed man is not generally considered to be a sexual icon.

The truth is there was a golden era in music from 1962 to 1978 - after that it all went a bit tits up. I blame the fucking drum machine and the fucking shoulder pads of the 1980s.

I think dysfunctional people are being funneled into very corporate behaviour. Look at the Brits... no one's fighting, and it's boring.

I don't have anything that I treasure at all. They're just things. I tend to buy an awful lot of stuff, like clothes and things. But I wouldn't be bothered if my house burns down tomorrow.

Romance, friendship, leadership, and love have turned out to be so much more than I ever thought they could be. All earthly versions of these things are merely dark reflections of heavenly ones.

Artistic expression, sex, and truth are the only things that really matter.

When I was younger, I used to hate Germany. I hated the country, the people, the language, the culture, everything! But over the years I've grown to really appreciate the German people.