Everyone knows almost everything about me. I make it very clear that I'm cool with people knowing all my personal life through my songs.

I think that this win [Grammy] in particular was a cool moment for me and the director [Emil Nava], because it was the first award he's ever won.

I was on some TV shows with Lady Gaga the other week, and you could see the difference in reaction between her fans and my fans outside. She comes out, and she looks like a star, and the reaction is just tears, crying, people going, 'Oh my God, Oh my God.' My fans are like: 'Alright, Ed.'

I do like my hair. It took a while to come around to the fact that it was quite a unique value point.

If I ever have any back-up dancers, I want the penguins from Madagascar.

I'm quite arty. I didn't know whether to become an artist or musician but I realised I could paint with music. All my songs have colours.

Be original; don't be scared of being bold!