Of course I have an ego, but you have to have an ego. You have to be incredibly competitive. I can get competitive at times, way too much, and it becomes a little bit obsessive.
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I don’t mind competition at all. I mean, the record business is the most competitive business in the world, probably. So I’m used to that. In a weird way, it kind of makes you work harder.
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Sincerity is romantic. I don’t think you need gestures.
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Every time I sat in a chemistry lesson I thought, what am I doing this for? I don’t ever want to be in a job that involves a Bunsen burner.’
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I’ve learned to deal with stress much better now, things don’t bother me in the way that they once used to.
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I never knew how much love and pride I would feel.
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My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don’t.
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The young people working for me are ambitious and hard-working. That work ethic has always been a trait of the British.
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I think if you’re an unhappy person, you’re always going to be an unhappy person. You’re probably going to be less unhappy if your business is doing well, if I’m being honest.
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I’ve spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on the very best security and I can assure you my homes are as safe as the Bank of England.
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I have always hated celebrities lecturing people on politics.
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It’s personalities, it’s conflict, it’s all of these things that actually make performers interesting.
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I like to know why a video has suddenly gone viral, why a song has broken, why a TV show is suddenly rating out of pattern… I’m pretty good at understanding why things are becoming popular.
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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?
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The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.
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If I tape an 11-hour day, guess which parts end up on air. Not the bits when I’m pleasant, but the parts when I’m obnoxious.
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