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

When I'm writing I've been playing something for a couple of hours and I'm almost in a trance. At two or three in the morning you can actually see bits of inspiration floating about and grab them.

It's a real joy to be moved by something, but it doesn't happen often to me.

You have a different audience. Your personal energy is different because some days you're energized, some nights you might be tired so that affects your memory and your emotion.

To say that you like music is a bit like saying youlike the whole world.

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

I was so nervous every night that I had to really focus and keep myself in that moment so that I would not forget the words. I was really present for every song.