I grew up conservative because my mum was a conservative, and when I finally realized what conservatives were, I changed my mind immediately.

Drunk all the time, feeling fine on elderberry wine.

I never thought of myself as being handsome or good-looking or whatever.

I really don't need the public's money. I'd like to have something on the internet with charitable donation optional, where anyone can download my music for free.

I grew up in the Fifties and early Sixties, which were still quite conservative, and I wasn't given any information about sex or anything like that... I went out with girls at school because one had to. I didn't experiment with sex for quite a long time.

As a child, as a teenager, I was kind of not allowed to wear fashionable clothes.

What record companies do these days is drain the blood dry of an album, take six singles off it, and harm the longevity of artists' careers by doing it.