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

There's no such thing as an original sin.

But there are things in Il Sogno that the methods of The Delivery Man could never achieve.

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

I knew I was in trouble, but I thought I was in hell.

People become so deeply attached to the sound of one period that they blow a fuse when you move on. I've heard people complain bitterly about recordings they haven't even heard.

It's what I do. I don't deserve any awards for this, it's just music. It's just writing songs. You sit down, you write a song, you record it. You tour and play the songs live, dress them up a bit differently, or dress them down.