My theory is this; I'm not a political songwriter. I'm an honest songwriter.

You have to recognise your responsibility to your community for your actions. Liberty doesn't mean that you are not held accountable. Without accountability, there can be no freedom. I know it seems like a paradox.

Going for constant growth is not actually delivering a decent standard of living and the prospect of your children having a better life than you do. That is the key thing that politics needs to deliver: a better life for your children. That's why people are taking their lives in their hands and crossing the Mediterranean and the English Channel.

I'm celebrating my love for you with a pint of beer and a new tattoo

[A]s long as you're comfortable it feels like freedom.

I'm still batting away on my politics for the Labour Party. I'm much further to the left of them than I used to be, but that's because they've moved, not me.

That's what I'm about -- getting engaged. Too many people don't wade in the mud with the politicians.