My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs.

This band - because this is myself on electric and acoustic guitars - we've done three tours together now and I really, really like it which is why I did the DVD as well.

In America, you watch TV and think that's totally unreal, then you step outside and it's just the same.

Right from day one, you know when you've written a good song.

You find what you are best at and stick to it. I found my sound early on. Look at U2: they haven't changed their music for 20 years. Anyway, many people come unstuck when they try to change what they do and what they are known for.

My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs.

I've always written in a free, unencumbered way.