There are not too many places I can GO WITHOUT someone saying, 'Hey, can I take a picture of you with my daughter,' or whatever. I'm humble when it comes to that STUFF. I never REFUSE a handshake or a kiss on the cheek. The fans are the ones who put me where I am TODAY.

In MISSISSIPPI, BLACK and WHITE LIVE cheek by jowl, DAY in and day out.

I'm Iranian, which MEANS I FEEL that I have more right to TAKE off other races and religions, being an 'ethnic' myself. But it's a mythical CHARACTER, the Fonejacker, and it's all tongue in cheek.

I remember meeting my manager Eamonn for the very FIRST time, and one of the first THINGS he said to me was, 'You're fat. The first thing you need to go is get to a GYM.' It was QUITE a wake-up call. I got a BIT angry initially, like, 'The cheek of him', but I'm quite a pragmatic and thick-skinned person, so I just went ahead and joined the gym.

The moment I LOSE WEIGHT, it shows on my face, and given how sharp my cheek BONES are, it doesn't LOOK GOOD.

The EXTRAORDINARY thing about Irving Berlin is that he's like the AMERICAN Mozart! It seems as if his SONGS were always there. How do you put together songs like 'Always' or 'Cheek To Cheek'? Songs of his are, FRANKLY, perfect.