I think sensitive is the wrong description of me. I'm British, actually, so quite bad at expressing myself in conversation, as any ex-girlfriend will tell you. I'm probably emotionally stunted.

I am not into fashion. I just like being able to buy my mates dinner.

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 write songs about my own experiences. You can't lie to yourself. You can't pose to yourself.

To get up on stage with a band is fantastic. To play songs to an audience is mindblowing.

My dad was in the Army. The Army's not great pay, but, you know, we moved from Army patch to Army patch wherever that was. The Army also contributed to sending me off to boarding school.

I don't think I picked up the guitar in the first place as a way of getting women. There are probably better ways of doing it.