No matter whether you are black or white, man or woman, gay or straight, Christian, Muslim, or Jew, we all share the same emotions, the same human condition.

I am not into fashion. I just like being able to buy my mates dinner.

It's always nice to be able to capture your life's experiences in a song and hold the emotion in that way.

I guess if you're stupid enough to join the army without thinking about getting shot at, then you really are a fool.

Absolutely, it's a really weird stage because at the minute, I can walk down the street and be unrecognised, lead a normal life, but my label and everybody is warning me that will be changing and I'm in for a rollercoaster ride.

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

I write, "Give me reason but don't give me choice, because I'll make the same mistake again." I think that's what most men want to be told.