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

In a way song writing can almost be detrimental, because suddenly you find an outlet that is a kind of cheating. You don't need to have direct communication. You can say, 'I can't describe it to you, but I will record it and send it to you.'

If the Army helped towards my tuition fees I would then give them four years of my life.

Sometimes, reading my own media, the negativity can upset me, but I just deal with things on a positive basis. I mean, I have up to 20,000 people singing my words back to me on a nightly basis - they share my hopes and fears, and they relate to my own life experiences. Life can be pretty isolating, but that connection is always amazing.

I guess if you're stupid enough to join the army without thinking about getting shot at, then you really are a fool.

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.

Honestly if men are given a choice, we'll choose everything.