For the music business, social networking is brilliant. Just when you think it's doom and gloom and you have to spend millions of pounds on marketing and this and that, you have this amazing thing now called fan power. The whole world is linked through a laptop. It's amazing. And it's free. I love it. It's absolutely brilliant.
Every single negative can lead to a positive. Any negative situation... don't get too down about it - you'll work it out. You learn it as you go along. You don't get smart at 17. You just don't unless you're one of a billion. it will happen over time and it's the getting there which will be the most fun.
It was like orderin a hamburger and getting only the buns
So I would only feel guilt if I misled somebody who was terrible.
I actually don't understand a word Paula's saying anymore. It's like a new language.
One thing I've learnt is you should never fight it. They're natural emotions and when you try and bottle everything up, that's what can make you depressed. Luckily I have fantastic memories [about my parents] and they really help.
When someone asks, 'Does success make you into a monster?' I always say, 'No, it enables you to be a monster.'
My attitude is, if someone's going to criticize me, tell me to my face.
My life honestly isn't as weird as people think it is. I work longer hours, maybe I have a bit more money, but fundamentally, I'm not really that different.
I think America is a hard nut to crack. But once you get a toehold, it's a great place for an entrepreneur because people are so enthusiastic, and you have the most enthusiastic audiences in world.
Most things in music go full circle eventually.
You didn't beat the compotition you crushed the compotition!
The object of this competition is not to be mean to the losers but to find a winner. The process makes you mean because you get frustrated.
I never knew how much love and pride I would feel.
There's an expression in life: "You can only make one first impression." And that first impression has to be spectacular. So, I wait, and let people see it when it's ready to go. It's not a set rule, but I think it's the better way of working. People will agree with you because of your track record, but you want people to like it because it's good, not because you found it.
What I would argue in my defence is that shows like Britain's Got Talent and The X Factor have actually got people more interested in music again and are sending more people into record stores.
People confuse ego, lust, insecurity with true love.
Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.
The only magazines I read are car magazines.
I've had Botox, but then again pretty much everyone I know has. To me, Botox is no more unusual than toothpaste. It works. You do it once a year - who cares?
You don't go into anything contemplating failure, because if you did, you wouldn't make it.
Everyone who turns up on 'X Factor' does it because a door has been closed to them at some time in their lives, and this is the only shot they have got.
When I think of invention, I always think of America. You're always seeing ads: 'Have you got the next big idea?' There seems to be that spirit in America of inventions and inventors.
I don't want to tell a 15 or 14 year old what they should be doing. I want them to tell me. And that's what I got when I met Justin Bieber for the first time.
The artists who endure are the ones who stay focused even after they have reached the top of their profession.
