I've never felt British. I'm just not interested in national identity. I don't know why.

It's the stupid details that my heart is breaking for.

And I'm up while the dawn is breaking, even though my heart is aching. I should be drinking a toast to absent friends instead of these comedians.

There was not a lot of rock n roll in the house. Our parents didnt think it was very groovy, and I tend to agree with them. If you grew up with Charlie Parker, Bill Haley wasnt very hip.

I've had a lot of different experiences in music over the years.And not everything you do can satisfy everybody's idealised version of you.

There are many critics who have an idealised version of where my strengths lie.

There are a few things that I regret, but nothing that I need to forget.