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I think my whole career has been marked - or marred - by what people presume about me. But even that's fed back into the creativity. I'm saying that I'm about contradiction, that you can't put me into a box.

Designers become translators for me. That's why I've gone to people like Gareth Pugh and Viktor and Rolf - they are speaking a nuanced language. Fashion says a lot for me.

I really do prioritise humour in people. It's a sign of intelligence. One of the most important things I heard that moulded me was Derek and Clive. That sense of release when I heard them for the first time, crying and laughing, was akin to seeing Sonic Youth for the first time.

I never thought that was even possible, to have your friends working with you. In the music, yes, in the creative side, yes, but in the business side, I need people who take me fully seriously.

I don't think Ireland has really embraced me, but it is not really for me to say. Obviously, people shouldn't embrace me just because I'm Irish, but it is where I'm from. I'm extremely proud to be Irish.

When I get on stage, I try to win my pay: to please and that people leave satisfied... being seductive has given me good results.

You see a lot of talented people, but you usually don't see talented people who, behind the scenes, know how to conduct themselves on a higher level.

I feel like, as an artist and a songwriter, I have to reach certain audiences and give people a little bit of everything.

I've got a superstar like Usher singing bachata, a tune featuring Lil Wayne. I'm offering people more than just bachata. That captures a new audience that would listen to bachata because Usher is singing.

People know me for my work with Aventura, and for that, I am grateful.

I think people look at me different when they see I'm dressed well. They pay attention. They know I'm about something.

I joined the church choir because there were these two hot chicks. Then people started giving me compliments. 'You really have a good voice.' Really? I just joined the choir for these girls.

It's harder for someone like a singer to prove they can be an actor because people immediately want to say, 'Oh, he's no good.'

I hate seeing people getting a raw deal and artists not being in control of what they are doing. It happens all the time.

When we live in a world where everyone wants their 15 minutes of fame, I think it's nice to have a show like 'All Together Now,' where it's about people having 15 minutes of fun.

As so many people seem to have done, I kind of fell in love with Willy Brandt.

The main thing about the Globe is there's 700 people all standing right in front of you.

People used to say I'm regional, but I'm not... We all have the same human condition.

I guarantee there's people who watch television who have no idea how complicated it is to make a television show.

TV is a hard job. You work 15 hours a day. People tell you what to do. I hate to do it.

A lot of people can find something to laugh at in my humor, I guess.