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I was never very happy at school.

I wasn't that academic, but I always made sure I was earning money. I never wanted to put all my eggs in one basket. Even when I started doing music, my parents were like, 'You need to work; you can't just live off music.' I always knew that. So I worked until I knew I was going to be financially okay.

I could have probably been just as successful by not going to college, but it was the most intellectually stimulating environment that I was ever in.

When I was growing up, I thought I'd be a lot happier if I was famous and successful and if I had money.

I was a great student. I was good at everything.

If you're not happy before you're successful, you're going to be miserable when you do become successful because all your problems just get magnified.

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.

I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.

I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it.