As I got older, my voice got better.

As a singer, I float around. I'm kind of scatty, bouncing around a lot. I try to adapt to what's going on around me in the song and the arrangement.

I was very inspired by my mother. She was a vocal teacher and sang in a band, and my first memories of her were going out with her on the local circuit.

The difference between me and other people in my generation is instead of saying the Internet's killing the record business, I say, 'Who cares about the record business, the Internet is enhancing music.

If you work hard and you're good, you can build something for yourself.

Smokey Robinson is one of my heroes as a singer and songwriter, a major influence on my own music from the very start.

Yes, I travel in unusual circles. George Osborne and his wife Frances are my cousins.