Celebrity and secrets don't go together. The bastards will get you in the end.

It's just nice to work hard and be rewarded, which is having lots of people watch. And the icing on the cake is for me is to be able to walk around with pride, feeling that the product you put out is worthy of being watched. But honestly, it's not a big deal. I don't put too much stock in fame or celebrity anyway. I don't put it in the 'important' box.

I think my recognizability ebbs and flows. I don't lead a particularly celebrity lifestyle or anything like that. I don't go to showbiz parties or red-carpet events, so it all depends on whether I've got a film out. I've not been very visible in the last year or so and as a result hardly anyone stops me in the street.

I know that when Terry and I were together, 10 years ago, he did not appreciate it when people would ask him what it is like being partnered with a celebrity. Precisely because it suggested that he had no value.

For the most part, I have a very manageable celebrity. People recognize me from time to time, and they usually say very appreciative things. It affords me a great deal of pleasure.

But I am very grateful for my success, and with success, of course, comes a whole lot of celebrity.

In other words, the celebrity gets out of hand, and if you're not careful, you will forget what you are about - and that is you are about making music that people want to hear.

So many celebrity websites you go to are so sterile that you know they just pay somebody to do it and there's not even an ounce of them in it.

Isn't it amazing how celebrity status preempts even the most ingrained hatreds?

A celebrity name is never enough for an intelligent mass market... truly successful businesses are born of passion and heartfelt interest.

If I hadn't become a celebrity, I'd probably be an alcoholic.

If anyone can figure out how to balance my celebrity and my dual careers in music and film, it's me. I don't feel frightened; I feel challenged.

I don't consider myself a celebrity, and I don't consider myself a star.

I've always felt that celebrity was wonderful for a lot of the perks that it could give you.

To me, celebrity doesn't mean a whole lot unless you're willing to use it. So I wanted to use it in a different way, with my AIDS work, the human rights stuff for the gay and lesbian community and the speaking I do.