Be the first to not do what nobody has ever thought of not doing before.

I suppose I am reluctant about being any sort of 'star' and I didn't particularly want to be portrayed as one.

Editing is now the easiest thing on earth to do, and all the things that evolved out of word processing - 'Oh, let's put that sentence there, let's get rid of this' - have become commonplace in films and music too.

So I believe in singing to such an extent that if I were asked to redesign the British educational system, I would start by insisting that group singing become a central part of the daily routine. I believe it builds character and, more than anything else, encourages a taste for co-operation with others. This seems to be about the most important thing a school could do for you.

The point about melody and beat and lyric is that they exist to engage you in a very particular way. They want to occupy your attention.

When our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by making sure it's the only thing on the agenda, the only thing everyone's talking about. And they pre-load the ensuing discussion with highly selected images, devious and prejudicial language, dubious linkages, weak or false 'intelligence' and selected 'leaks'.

I cant duplicate my own successes, because part of the creation of that effect is making something happen that you didn't expect