Why did you agree to be involved in Scared Of The Dark?

Because I do whatever I'm asked so long as it actually keeps me in the standard to which I'm accustomed, which is dignified.

Are you scared of the dark?

No. When I was a child I talked and thought and reasoned like a child. Now I'm a man. No, I am the light now. The dark is going to meet the light.

Have you ever had any scary moments in the dark?

Well, yeah, I guess so. When I was a kid, I mean, when the thunder thundered, then I'd cry and I would run for cover because I didn't understand what thunder was. So, yeah, it scared me. It should have scared me because I was a kid and I didn't know. So I'd run to my mother, and then she would always comfort me. But I'm a man now. And the dark, there's nothing there. And if there is anything there, it's an illusion. It's fake. It doesn't exist.

Have you done any preparation for this experience?

My entire life has been my preparation. It's no different at all. What you call different is an illusion. I'm a man. I'm not a child anymore. So you think like a man. You think like the person your mother taught you to be. They taught me to be a King and so that’s what I am.

What are you expecting to take from this experience?

I'm taking from it, peace. That's what the dark gives me. Peace. Where there's no one disturbing me. Nothing must despair but me. And so if anything tries to disturb me, I make it love me immediately and instantly.

How do you think being in the dark will impact your other senses?

Well, it will brighten it. It'll brighten my senses. But that's all inside of me. And so if you have peace within yourself, then it radiates.

Are you worried about finding your way around the bunker?

I've been bumping into things and I've been having mishaps all my life. And when I look back, I've enjoyed them all. Even the mistakes I've enjoyed. Maybe not at the time, but you give it a little time and everything mends. Time mends everything. You're speaking to positivity.

Do you think that's what you are going to bring to the group, this positive outlook?

No. Not just to the group, to everyone watching. We are going to smash it. Because we are all working as one on this project, and as I said, we are going to smash it.

How difficult do you think the challenges might be?

I don't understand difficulties. I've overcome all of the difficulties. Look at what they've written about me over the years. Look at the lies that has been said about me. My response to all negative comments about me from 1989, since I've been in the public eye, I’ve dealt with it like a gentleman. When they hated me, I never hated them. I've always loved everyone irrespective. You can go back and find the most disturbing stories, whatever they said that wasn't true, it was my response that gave you the answer to who I am. When they lied about me, I didn't lie about them, I said nothing. Why? Because I know who I am and I'm positive. And positive means whatever you say about me in the negative, it cannot be true, It's rhetoric. You may remember a line in the poem, the philosophy called If, which is, “If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, but make allowance for the doubting too. If you can wait and not be tired of waiting. Or be lied about, don't deal in lies. Or being hated, don't give hate or hating. Then yet don't look too good nor talk too wise, If”. That resonates always. It's real. It's there. If you follow If. If you read If. That's who I am.

How will you entertain yourself and the rest of the group while you're in there?

I don't know the format, but I'll tell you this. Anyone who speaks to me is going to fall in love with themselves. Nothing else matters. The only thing that matters is positivity.

How do you feel about being famous and in the spotlight?

I think it's a wonderful privilege and it's the privilege of which has to be earned. If you haven't earned it, then you are effectively still in the game, I guess. And I've not been in the game. Let's just say I've raised my thought process to, well, positivity. That's it.

Have you ever been given a really good bit of advice about coping with the pressure of fame?

Yes. What I was told about pressure is it's an illusion. Your reality is fooling you. So if your reality is fooling you, as I know it's fooling or trying to fool me, then effectively what you're going to have in that house is a person who is purely objective. So, pure objectivity is positivity. And positivity is love. And love is success in every and all things. I'm not there to say, "Look at me. I'm the big guy". No. I'm you. Whoever I face in there, I'm them. I'm reflecting them. And when you reflect someone, you're reflecting the love of them.