Getting an award on Top Gear is better than getting a Grammy.

I wanted to use a totally different part of my brain. It's quite scary at times. I went for learning to fly because it was most difficult of all. The insurance man just sat there and licked his lips when I told him.

Every now and again I need to get away from everything. I'm quite a hidey-hole kind of a guy.

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.

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

In my mind, there's a time and a place for putting your foot down.

Well, I'm British. I'm proud to be British and I love this country. I'm going nowhere.