Im the shyest megalomaniac youre ever likely to meet.

The great thing about art on any level is that it can speak to all people if it's achieved properly.

[Theresa May] is a very intelligent woman but I don't see much to fear.

I saw Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, which I thought was a masterpiece. Not that long ago, I listened to Blackstar by David Bowie and thought that was a masterpiece. Those are two incredibly talented people who've left their mark with us.

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.

In some ways, when you re-envision a song like that ["Never Be Mine"], there's a completely different energy to it each night.

Normally I don't compromise at all but it felt important to give that song the chance to be heard.