When I was singing "King of the Mountain," it was a pivotal point in the show. That's the song that took us from this concert setting of individual songs into the theatrical narrative piece.

It's not that I don't like American pop; I'm a huge admirer of it, but I think my roots came from a very English and Irish base. Is it all sort of totally non-American sounding.

Some of the best pop music ever has come out of the States.

When I've heard a piece of music or seen a painting that moves me, it gives me something.

Numbers are really fascinating things, and they do play a big part in our lives. They are a language of their own.

Every old sock meets an old shoe

What made it special made it dangerous, so I bury it... and forget.