People recognize me all the time now, and there's lots of autograph hunting and smiling. But then I get to play gigs, which are amazing. It's a good job.

I think people probably lie about not reading their own reviews. I don't think that's true - I've been to a lot of music festivals and hung out backstage, especially in the past couple of years, and I see all these bands reading about themselves in newspapers. So I don't think that's true.

I like to be able to get up and go and buy a pint of milk without bumping into 20 people I know.

Yes, I met Carl Barat [from Dirty Pretty Things] yesterday when I was at the POPWORLD TV show. He smiled at me and watched 5 minutes of my performance. I don't think I've said anything that bad about anyone, though, to be honest.

When I hit a period of not being able to write music, I get up and walk away. It's pretty mean but it's true.

I like them old and rich.

I think the whole, like, cultural diversity and the arty side of London is really, really great. And how it's so historic as well.