As the people grow colder, I turn to my computer and spend my evenings with it like a friend.

The world is continually changing. I think in some ways it's changing in a very positive way.

The only person with you all your life is you. Your parents die. Things inside you die — illusions, gushes of personality. Only you can sort yourself out. Yourself may not be all you need, but it’s all you’ve got.

Music is like comedy in that you can enjoy a very - for want of abetter word - sophisticated classical piece as much as you enjoy something that's very simple pop.

I'm not vanishing into thin air.

I think we're all a party to this information all the time. It's every day, in a way we probably weren't a few years ago. We're more informed, which is a good thing because war is always there somewhere on the planet.

With some of the songs, we brought the pitch down to alto.I'm older, so naturally my voice is lower now.