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.

I try to read everything that I can about myself because Saddam Hussein didn't read his reviews and he thought he was winning!

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

Ladies love a soppy lyric. There's a real winner in 'Carry You Home'.

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.'

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

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