I'm afraid I haven't become a born-again Christian. I'm sort of 'Church of England, lapsed' is about as far as I go.

Being a solo artist is what I do. It's what I've been doing for the last 20 years and a bit before then.

Usually, in the studio, on this sort of thing... you just go out and have a play over it, and see what comes, and it's usually - mostly - the first take that's the best one, and you find yourself repeating yourself thereafter.

The idea of going around to somebody else's flat or house and sitting around in a comfy room and having a really good hi-fi system and listening to a whole album all the way through, then chatting for a few minutes, then maybe putting another album on . . . does that happen today?

I don't like to get too specific about lyrics. It places limitations on them, and spoils the listeners' interpretation.

Everyone goes to rotten schools when they're kids, don't they?

I listen to classical music at home probably more than pop music.