I never really set out to do anything in the charts with music. It came as a total surprise that I did, and it's fun.

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'm pretty sure Adele and James Blunt were dumped by the same man.

Absolutely, it's a really weird stage because at the minute, I can walk down the street and be unrecognised, lead a normal life, but my label and everybody is warning me that will be changing and I'm in for a rollercoaster ride.

Mothers always think their children are prettier than they really are, and mine has always told me I look like Tom Cruise.

The song is about love, life, fear and hope... and more than anything, you... and me...

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.