To come out in the music business, you only really get one shot. A lot of people get to play small gigs first, and build up that way, without anyone really seeing them.

My job description is... being enthusiastic.

It was a relief to be able to do my own band, because I was very responsible for all this amazing music I didn't want to mess up before.

Once I started to get older, my father would say, 'You look more like George Harrison than I do'

I've grown up around cinema. Michael Kamen was a very, very close friend of mine, sort of my godfather. So I know how much work goes into it. You have to know what you're doing.

My dad used to say to me, 'You look more like me than I do.'

I suddenly realized that in order to do what I wanted to do, I had to become that which I hated - which is the head of a record company or a digital media conglomerate - and just do whatever you want.