I started with rock n' roll and...then you start to take it apart like a child with a toy and you see there's blues and there's country...Then you go back from country into American music...and you end up in Scotland and Ireland eventually.

These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curiosity, a passion for new ideas.

I'd be very suspicious of anybody that seems to have to move to the next level of expression. I distrust that: now I'm writing a book, now I'm being an actor. It should be a natural thing. I think it's a natural thing for you to act. But I think that people that feel that, because they've written one maybe quite beautiful love song that equips them to play Romeo, is probably misguided.

When in doubt, play track 4 - it is usually the one you want.

I've worked hard, every single day since I left school. I think I have a Protestant work ethic.

Don't start me talking, I could talk all night. My mind goes sleepwalking while I'm putting the world right.

I wish you luck with a capital F.