Being sent away to boarding school at seven is as great an inspiration as any songwriter could have - to be taken away from one's family and locked away for 10 years. It does create an incredible intensity of emotion.

I think the things that make me excited are only best when they're shared with people.

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

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.

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.

Things take a long time, but when it's right things move fast.

Being sent away to boarding school at seven is as great an inspiration as any songwriter could have - to be taken away from one's family and locked away for 10 years. It does create an incredible intensity of emotion.