I think that people respond to honesty in music, so I only choose songs that are the truth for me.

I don't know if bliss is possible and I've always thought that my best times will be later in life.

People are always very nice.

It's impossible to make a record when you're ill because it affects how you listen to things. You can't make decisions. It all sounds terrible.

I never had any big dreams about doing something on a huge scale.

Growing up I used to love bands like Free and ELO and the Rolling Stones. When Robert Plant got in touch it made perfect sense to me.

A whole album to one writer - now that would be really interesting.