I don't know what any of my songs are about. I don't sit down to write about anything. They're about whatever you want. I don't pick subjects. I just start.

I live for now, not for what happens after I die.

I've got to be by trees, otherwise I get claustrophobic.

Not everyone can say, 'I'm going to write a classic today.' If that was the case, we'd all be doing it.

New York is my favorite city in the world.

I find it hard to express myself when writing from the f - - - heart or the a - , or wherever. It's just like anything, it's (easier) when you get used to it, but I've not done it. I was just a singer in a band.

Being a lad is what I'm about.