When you are an artist, you have fans. When you are one of those top tier artists, you have a lot of fans, and become a player.

People like me, Elton John, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift.

When you get there, what happens is, that you need to be RESPONSIBLE with you influence.

I get to influence world politics a lot, and in order for the other political players to feel, that they can count on you. You have to be responsible, transparent and serious about it.

More often than not, inexperienced artist players start to fight the government, go underground, stand up for weird ideas and generally have no idea what they are doing with their power.

That is why I try to be really responsible with the power I have.

I know, that I have to work within limits, I have to be constructive and work with certain limits to what I do.

I am not in it to be a revolutionary in any sense. I try to work for good in this world.

So, like now. The EU wants me to work for them, I do that. The Middle East is interested in my support for a more stable Middle East, so I do that. The American administration use my ideas to further their powers, so I do that. The British royals use my ideas a lot, so I support the royal house.

But always with respect to the other players in the field.

This is how, to my experience, you manage to survive in the long run. Too many of my friends have just ceased to exist, due to not listening to those around them.

Artists are naturally idealistic. This is often what drives their art. But you HAVE to be pragmatic in politics to exist.

This does not mean, that you have to sell yourself or cannot have limits. I have limits. By I always respect those around me, and respect their red lines.

G-d bless the will to be serious about the outcome of international politics.