People see my face, they hear my voice, and I know they're thinking about my father. That's OK - he was a great man.

You don't have to burn books, you don't have to rebel against teachers to rebel; to rebel is to truly own your own self.

I could never just play in a pub in front of four people because I would have had all the press turn up. That way, you don't get to build up naturally. It makes the work feel unnatural, and puts a lot of unnatural pressure on you.

People see my face, they hear my voice, and I know they're thinking about my father. That's OK - he was a great man.

I can't even begin to describe how I miss him. He always supported me in everything I did. He was a very wise man and I realised at an early age I could learn a lot from him. He always gave me the right answer. But above all he was a very easy-going guy and all he wanted was to be my best friend. I'm an only child and so he shared everything with me. Of course he was very young to die and I was very young to lose a father. But there was nothing left unsaid between us.

Im still getting used to being called a composer. A poseur, maybe.

You can' t help being a musician because you've grown up with music, yet being one means being compared to your dad and being slated for it. But I really don't have the ambitions of most people going into the industry.