I love comedy. I like to think that there's a sense of humor in some of my music - obviously not all of it.

You're never really happy. I'm certainly not. That's a good thing. It means you're always striving to do better. You hope the next piece will be better.

Every old sock meets an old shoe

I think in some parts of our English history we've had huge amounts of almost too much great comedy. You kind of wonder how so much great work could come out of one country.

I'm always hunting and prowling. I'm sure Brian [Bath] was exaggerating!

You have to try and embrace it all and everyone who represents that change because it is happening.

But I don't have a very good track record with royalty. My dress fell off in front of Prince Charles at the Prince's Trust, so I'm just living up to my reputation.