I think the things that make me excited are only best when they're shared with people.

It's taken a long time but eventually when I had the songs in place and demos right and I found myself a manager, that's when everything started happening quickly but I think that's always the way it is.

I used to have an eBay addiction. I was really good at selling stuff. My sister needed to get to a funeral in Ireland - the airlines were on strike - so I listed her on eBay: damsel in distress. Guys were outbidding guys to be the hero and help her. A guy who owned a helicopter won.

My parents are still together. I have two sisters. I travel the world and they are the people I speak to.

If you get up on stage and brag, I don't think that's very brave. It's braver to get up and take your clothes off. And I do that every night.

The showbiz world has to be manipulated to make it more interesting because most people's lives are boring.

War is devastating, and it leaves its scars for generations.