When I was dressed as a clown in all that make-up I used to shed pounds every night and got agonising kidney stones because I was sweating so much.
Before I got married, I had a girlfriend who ran off in the middle of our relationship with a millionaire. She called from the South of France and said, 'I found one, I'm sorry. That's it. Goodbye!'
It's been hard to gain acceptance in England without the clown makeup because I wore the costume as part of my act for so long.
I tend not to eat lunch because a midday meal makes me want to sleep in the afternoon.
I've typical singer's jowls, a bit fat and soggy. If I was really vain, I would have a nip and tuck, but the knife isn't an exciting prospect.
Wisdom is learned through experience, and sometimes experience is hard and bitter.
After my second No. 1, my record company, Warner Brothers, gave me a beautiful present - quite unique at the time - one of the very first Sony stereos which had speaker and radio included so I could record the radio and build up cassette tapes of music, gospel singing, adverts, evangelists.
I stand a lot better chance to go further than Elton.
I'd much rather send my friends letters rather than emails.
Being very dyslexic I couldn't even tie my own shoe laces until the age of 21 and I struggled at school.
Do you know what, I don't even like dancing.
I like my face. It's cheeky - dare I say, Chaplinesque.
I think Bjork is sexy.
So many people moan about touring and say it's a chore. I don't know, they must be living on a different planet.
You won't find me at parties or the openings of movies and I don't hang around with David Beckham and Kanye West. So the paparazzi leave me alone, which means that I can do my shows, write music and then live a normal life.
I particularly love the silk in Jakarta, the shoes in Tokyo and the amazing cloth from Thailand and Malaysia.
My hair is massive and fills the mirror.
There are a million misconceptions about me but the greatest is probably that people think I'm the king of disco. I love disco but it is only one part of me.
It's nice to feel wanted somewhere.
As a former Mod my love affair with fashion has never waned and whenever I go on tour I am always desperate to hit the shops as soon as possible.
