If you just literally stand still for a while, listen and think, things will eventually get sorted out.

And I think as long as a song has beautiful lyrics, I'm so happy.

Success is terrifying. Like happiness, it is often appreciated in retrospect. It's only later that you place it in perspective. Years from now, I'll look back and say, ‘God, wasn't it wonderful.’

Hopefully, I brought people a certain joy. That will be a wonderful legacy.

I am very proud to be British. I'm very conscious of carrying my country with me wherever I go. I feel I need to represent it well.

Can I give them what they think they're going to get from me? That's always the big question.

If I'm reading about a river or the trees or the wind blowing or the stars at night, if you can hear that in the music in some way, you've wedded the two and your imagination takes off. To be able to hear that in music is really important.