Robbie Williams not interested in U.S. market

Quoted from: http://www.signonsandiego.com

'By Angela Moscarella
ASSOCIATED PRESS
3:22 p.m. November 18, 2005

MEXICO CITY - With a large following in Europe and other parts of the world, British pop star Robbie Williams said Friday he has no interest in making major inroads in the United States.
"America has never really been the end piece of the jigsaw for me," he said at a crowded news conference in Mexico City.
"I live in America. Nobody knows me there. I can pick my nose, scratch my ass, get away with a lot of things that I wouldn't be able to get away with in the rest of the world, and then everywhere else I go I'm a pop star," he added.
"And it's fun - it's like being Batman."
The artist, 31, said he did not intend to release his latest record "Intensive Care" in the United States or do any promotion for it there.
Williams also said "Intensive Care" had changed his life perspective. He explained that for the first time he took part in the full musical composing process, not just writing the lyrics and the melody to songs.
"I do have songwriting ability," he said. "Before I only imagined it. ... That means the world to me."
Williams was set to perform Saturday night in the Zocalo, Mexico City's central plaza, during the Oye! musical awards ceremony.'