There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won't.

The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and now, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I'm in.

In a sense, the music business and I haven't always been the best of bedfellows. Artists often have to fight their corner. Your music goes through these filters of record labels and media, and you're hoping you'll find someone who'll help you get your work into the world.

I have a lot to be grateful for.

Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.

The very fact that the planet is probably unsustainable with all that we've done to it and are doing to it, it's an appalling piece of evidence. It shows our complacency, our lack of passion or inclination to be authentic and really understand our true values. It's consistently depressing, but nevertheless, we carry on.

I'm from a working-class background, and I've experienced that worry of not having a job next week because the unions are going on strike.