People started saying I was ignoring my country, making up stories about me. Ludicrous things, like that I throw tea on my assistants.

I feel like I'm a quick learner and I'm also very quick to forget. That's why I can't play an instrument because I can't bloody remember it.

When you have the opportunity to make music with great musicians, take it. That's it. That's the only reason I need, really.

The fact is when I get pissed off about something or something awful has happened, I just say, 'You know what? Thank you very much. Thank you for the lyrics. Because that is exactly what you just gave me.' There's no real negative then. So if something happens, I don't cry about it. I just find myself a pen and I figure it out.

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

To me, music has to be about freedom. It's the most important thing in my life.

My family fight, that's the way it is. We're not common as muck or anything but we do have a little fight now and then.