My place in Scotland is in the middle of nowhere, so you've just got a keyboard, guitar, a little drum machine and you know if you can work stuff out like that, if you can hammer out songs that sound good just with those three things and a voice, you're on your way.

I learn fast and I take note of what I've been told.

The mid-life crisis is just those times when you're not so into the things you were when you were younger.

I didn't get my first car until I was 22. It was a BMW 1602 and now I've got it back I'm waiting to restore it.

How is the economy supposed to recover when people can't afford to fill the tank?

I can find every jacket under the sun that I like. But I cannot find trousers cut the way I want them. They're all really tight at the bottom. Nobody does a boot cut on a trouser leg. It drives me crazy.

Now, I'm the most impatient person that ever walked the planet. However: for the best, you always wait.