But when I started writing songs, I stopped painting completely, and the only art things I do are connected to the career, like album sleeves and, to some extent, posters and things like that.

I very rarely play the piano at home. Deliberately, so that when I do play it, I love it.

Performing was terrifying.

I like to think Duke Ellington would probably embrace a fragrance as well.

Words can be very powerful. I find them very difficult.

I did some songs for Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby. I had done a jazz album of Roxy songs, and they used bits of it in the film. It would be nice to score a movie one day.

Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off.