We see differences in people and seem to be afraid of people. The black or white or gay or straight - I don't necessarily look for differences but for similarities. We need to be looking out for each other.

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

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

Being British, I don't really have a way of expressing myself in conversation. Music transcends language.

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.'

Every time I do an interview, it's like serious therapy. But real therapy isn't something that I'd ever have. I feel fortunate that mentally everything is functioning well.

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.