People in London are so much more exposed to danger, or bad things. It took me quite a long time to grow up in that environment.

I kind of got inspired by [William] Wordsworth and [Samuel Taylor] Coleridge - I went the old traditional way of finding inspiration, I guess.

People in London are so much more exposed to danger, or bad things. It took me quite a long time to grow up in that environment.

If you watch a film without music, there's nothing that you can connect with.

I'm a terrible sleeper. I get obsessive, repetitive thoughts and it's horrible.

I find Spanish really difficult. They speak so quickly, whereas in German it's very clear what they're saying. It's easier to repeat.

When I was four, I think I just wanted to make noise. When I was about 10 years old I was given five CDs for my birthday: Pink Floyd's 'Dark side of the Moon,' the Sex Pistols, Prodigy, Jimi Hendrix, and I can't remember the fifth one, but really different kinds of music. That's when I started to grasp it and enjoy it, listening to it. Then I started being in bands at school.