When you're a music celebrity, your fans are used to spending money on you. They go to your shows. They want to look like you. They want to be like you. You become part of their life.

It's such a hard thing to write a song for your fans without sounding naff and thanking them for spending money on you.

You spend your money; may be it wasn't yours. Your money spends you; may be it wasn't supposed to yours. Your money spends itself; may be it is saving you.

If time is money, how much is a lifetime?

People are used to seeing kids jump around. You know, the target audience, the audience that's spending money on music, like rock and hip-hop - they're used to seeing people get really physically involved in their music.

We're entitled to these adjustments. States should not be spending money that they're not certain that they're going to get.