Composing was more difficult than writing things down.

On-stage, I definitely want to use my real self because I'm singing to people who believe in what I'm singing, and I believe in what I'm singing, but they shouldn't be fooled because we all have fake selves and it's in there somewhere. It's not pretending to hurt somebody; it's just something that comes out of me, from my experience.

The experience that I had in Paris I could never have ever again in my life. This is when I grew up as a young man. I was independent. There was no one there to talk to; I didn't even want to talk to anyone. I started to write about what I was experiencing, and I had no choice, so I was never scared.

People take things too literal in the Bible and it's totally wrong.

You can't judge people by their cover.

We're all competent in different ways, we've just got to find a way to push ourselves up more.

I know that New York is big, there are huge buildings, but in fact, it's quite small and contained.