And the one job my father knew of, that he'd had experience of himself, was the Army, so he could help me in that direction.

I have fun with it and I am honest and open about the way I lead my life and don't mislead anyone. I've had the time of my life and thank God for that, it would be such a waste otherwise.

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.

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.

And the one job my father knew of, that he'd had experience of himself, was the Army, so he could help me in that direction.

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