My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff. He was really a hugely encouraging force to me when I was little.

Being nervous actually kept me very tense.

After I've done the salesman bit, I like to be quiet and retreat, because that's whereI write from. I'm a sort of quiet little person.

You'll never know that you had all of me. You'll never know the poetry you've stirred in me.

I just know that something good is going to happen. I don't know when - but just saying it could even make it happen.

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

Even just making albums - which was more within the structure that I've worked in for years - you have no idea how people will respond. You don't know if it'll be any good whatsoever. It can be terrifying.