I suppose I don't hear things, but I listen, if you know what I mean. And there is a big difference between hearing and listening. So it's like a conversation, you know. When you speak to someone, it's one on one, and that's exactly how I play.

A lot of things which come with a high profile will always be criticised one way or another.

And as I grew older, I then auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music in London, and they said, well, no, we won't accept you, because we haven't a clue - you know - of the future of a so-called 'deaf' musician. And I just couldn't quite accept that.

Music is about communication... it isn't just something that maybe physically sounds good or orally sounds interesting; it's something far, far deeper than that.

Concerts have to be seen as a real event for which the aim is to try and feed everybody.

I didn't decide to become a musician until the age of 15, which is quite late.

There are many collaborations I'd like to explore. One is to co-write a rap concerto with Eminem.