I'm not afraid of being thought of as someone who is associated with film music. Why not? If it's a good song, what does it matter?

She says that her love for me would never die, but that would change if she found out about you and I.

I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else.

I'm quite happy with the music carrying on. I've never been one to clamor for fame. It just got dumped in my lap. The ambition is definitely not fame. The ambition is to be creative.

I wanna be your t-shirt when it's wet, I wanna be your shower when you sweat.

And I never forgot this as long as I've ever performed, no matter how crap I had felt before I went on stage. I just remember Tina Turner going up there, singing her heart out for everybody, and meantime she had a 102-degree fever and she was feeling terrible.

Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet.