I made my new album 'Colour Me Free!' in a week with my own money.

The recession is everywhere. We need to be heard. Wouldn't it be great if there could be more referendums so we could have regular voting on specific points?

It strikes me as weird that a 25 year old man would even find a 16 year old attractive.

When you get your first record deal, you will do anything, because you just want to sing.

The British press has been unfair to me and the public has followed.

It's nice to know that you're worth something and music really does put that kind of light back into you. Well, it does for me anyway. I've been through some very interesting times in my life and there is certain songs that I go to and I'm like, ok, it's not that bad.

I've had to grow up with everyone watching me, which has been hard.