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Lajsy: Hi Darren! Thank you so much for the Radio 2 gig you did in London 10th Dec 2000, it was such an incredible night! I was wondering if you enjoyed singing at that gig?

Darren: Loved it. I have a copy of that event and it's one of my fave memories in the garden.

Matt: The "Savage Garden" album was about falling in love, the "Affirmation" album was about discovering that love don't last forever. Have you discovered any more things about love you want to tell us in your "Spin" album?

Darren: Love is all. "Spin" is where my head is at...romance...romance...real connections...fate...all of it. I am a believer. In these days of war and misery I preach romanticism openly. We are meant to pair off. Go. Do it now!

Pru: How do you think the music that you make now varies to the music that you used to make in Savage Garden?

Darren: It's just a natural extension. It's me. Almost thirty. Relaxed. Happier. It's saucy. (sexy for the Americans...) hehe. You can boogie to it.

Black Widow: I think you look happier on pics from the last few months. You look more relaxed when you're meeting the fans for example. Do you feel happier now or was it just a cool attitude you had before?

Darren: I never had a cool attitude. I am happier now though. Back then I was probably tired and had the weight of the world on my shoulders...worrying about the future of my career and my health...these days I am so grateful to be alive and healthy and singing...after September 11 I think it was the completion of a spiritual journey I had begun...where I now (even though I have far to go) feel like I have graduated from complaining and am now.

Bex: You have attained so many of your dreams, but is there one major wish you have yet to achieve?

Darren: I want to be a Daddy.

Swiss Peach: What was the best part of working and collaborating with other people during the recording of "Spin"?

Darren: Freedom!! Musical input. The ability to truly produce and make a record that sounds like the music I truly dig. No pun intended.

Mia: After listening to "Insatiable," finding it just lyrically incredibly and musically sexy, I came to the conclusion that this is definitely the Darren that we, as fans, were meant to hear. But what are YOUR feelings on this solo album?

Darren: I feel that this record is the album I was born to make. I feel like I have only just begun. I'm so thankful for the last few years of my life and the music that Daniel and I made together...but right now I feel like I've hit my stride.

Laurie: Hi Darren! Again, so good to have this opportunity to ask you a question. Can you tell me a little bit more about the process that went into writing "Spin"? Did you spend a lot of time reflecting and writing lyrics when you felt the sensation overwhelm you, or perhaps you actually scheduled time to write, telling yourself "Okay Darren...sit down now and write!" LOL. Thanks.

Darren: Hey Laurie...I'm always listening to music...lyrics are SO important to me. Often I can have a conversation with someone without speaking...I just choose songs to play to them that convey my mood.
Strange. But true.

Mia: As fans, sometimes, we have a lot of expectations...but as a pop star, who's also a fan, what are your expectations of us?

Darren: I don't have any. I just make music I want to hear. If you dig it...cool. If not...someone else will...we all grow and change. I just like it when you guys treat me with consideration...as you always do anyway. I always say you are my employer. I wouldn't be here tonight without you.

Kerrie Female Norman M: Is it easier to write songs when your emotions are at the wildest?

Darren: Totally. I always write when I'm emotional...I'm like a child anyway...I don't have the ability to edit myself...I love LARGE and get sad BIG TIME but it's all part of my job description...I never thought I could write so many happy songs as I did on this record...but hey...guess who's happy?

Spot: Darren, when you go on tour with your solo album, will you just be singing songs from "Spin," or old Savage Garden songs too? Is that even legal? And on a side note, have you ever seen the movie "Newsies"?

Darren: Legal! Hahaha...of course I'll perform some Savage Garden songs...they're my songs anyway! They're a part of my history.

Bedazzled: Since everyone always asks music related questions, I'll ask if there is one thing in your life you would change? One event, one decision, anything from the past that you would change and how you feel it would change your present life. LOVIN' the hair Darren! Simply breathtaking! Good luck with "Insatiable" and "Spin"! Can't wait to see you in New York again. Keri, NY, NY.

Darren: I don't believe in regret. Everything happens for a reason and I wouldn't be here today without the mud on my shoes...