The Royal family to me are not England, and they are not the flag.
It could be construed that the reason I wouldn’t wish to live in England is the immigration explosion. And that’s not true at all.
If you travel to Germany, it’s still absolutely Germany. If you travel to Sweden, it still has a Swedish identity.
I began to go to concerts when I was 12 years old.
Even though I’ve been reasonably well known for quite a long time, I still can’t get a record on daytime radio or on MTV.
I think the pop chart today is entirely market-driven. And it has nothing to do with public taste. And it has nothing to do with moving music forward. It’s simply a market chart.
What’s the first thing I do when I wake up in the morning? Wish I hadn’t.
Well, I’m a Catholic by birth and you can never shed it.
The fire in the belly is essential, otherwise you become Michael Buble – famous and meaningless.
I have no love for myself as a human being, but I have immense pride in the music I make.
Now I know how Joan of Arc felt.
So the life I have made May seem wrong to you But, I’ve never been surer It’s my life to ruin My own way...
Can you squeeze me into an empty page of your diary and psychologically save me?
I used to dream, and I used to vow; I wouldn’t dream of it now.
Young bones groan And the rocks below say, “Throw your white body down!” But I’m going to meet the one I love At last.
Why pamper life’s complexities when the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat?
Oh yes, you can kick me And you can punch me And you can break my face But you won’t change the way i feel ’cause i love you.
I called to wish you an unhappy birthday because you’re evil and you lie and if you should die I may feel slightly sad, but I won’t cry.
Life’s full of tricky snakes and ladders.
It’s so easy to laugh It’s so easy to hate It takes guts to be gentle and kind.