Normal is a cycle on a washing machine.

As anyone who goes into dog-rescue knows, it is not a for-profit business, but the rewards are priceless for me.

So there'll be no guiding light for you and me We are not sailors lost out on the sea We were always headed toward eternity Hoping for a glimpse of Galilee

Animals have a much better attitude to life and death than we do. They know when their time has come. We are the ones that suffer when they pass, but it's a healing kind of grief that enables us to deal with other griefs that are not so easy to grab hold of.

I get a lot of sleep on the bus. I bring two dogs with me, who keep me grounded. I guess that's just in my soul. It's good to know that you're good at something.

It's just a sound, and a feeling that's in the music. And you either hear it and appreciate it, or you don't.

The reason you write [songs] is because there's something you want to say that is important to you - enough to go through all the torture of writing.