The romanticised life, where all the great poetry and music and art of the world comes from, is great but it requires a lot of self-indulgence.

I find it dull when my heart meets my mind

It took a lot of time and practice for me to realise that there's no point trying to be something you're not.

I think everybody who relates to music is kind of isolated. It's lonely. Everyone who uses the creative side of their brain is that much removed from reality. They are looking for answers wherever they can find them.

I sound awful saying it but I think it can be like that. I see a lot of people in unstimulating relationships. And not just boyfriend-girlfriend relationships. They find themselves in stagnant friendships. If people were a little less scared [of ending things] they'd get more out of life… You meet the right person at the right time and they fulfil a certain something in your life. You fulfil something in theirs. But there's a time limit to that. Unless you choose to be bloody good company for the rest of your life, do you know what I mean?

People think I look odd onstage. But the way I deal with being incredibly nervous is by concentrating really hard.

I'm incredibly neurotic and a control freak. I like the thought that if there's going to be anyone to blame it's going to be me.