I don't know how to write without thinking what people would want. You don't know whether they want you to be black or white, so you kind of get a gray, something in the middle.

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.

As a singer-songwriter who gets up on stage and sings about those things that make me vulnerable is an amazing experience. You get up on stage and effectively take your clothes off in front of thousands of people.

My life is brillant, My love is pure.

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.

Honestly if men are given a choice, we'll choose everything.

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.