“It's strange. At some point in your career, the situation between yourself and the camera reverses. For a certain number of years, you court it and you need it, but ultimately, it needs you more, and it's a bit like a relationship. The minute that happens, it turns you off... and it does feel like it is taking something from you.”

“It's strange. At some point in your career, the situation between yourself and the camera reverses. For a certain number of years, you court it and you need it, but ultimately, it needs you more, and it's a bit like a relationship. The minute that happens, it turns you off... and it does feel like it is taking something from you.”

“The whole business is built on ego,vanity,self-satisfaction , and its total crap to pretend its not”

“I have more love, success, and security than I could ever dream of.”

“It's strange. At some point in your career, the situation between yourself and the camera reverses. For a certain number of years, you court it and you need it, but ultimately, it needs you more, and it's a bit like a relationship. The minute that happens, it turns you off... and it does feel like it is taking something from you.”

“You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart.”

“I went through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do, and you get your courage back, which is what's important.”

“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.”

“It takes so much strength to say to your ego, 'You know what? You're going to keep me lonely, so I have to ignore you.'”

“Not many people are really that meticulous with what they do, I suppose, but I'm just a control freak and terribly afraid of failure or regret. I work very hard on these things.”

“I knew, regardless of anything else, singing in front of an orchestra was going to be inspirational. It would feed me.”

“The whole business is built on ego, vanity, self-satisfaction, and it's total crap to pretend it's not.”