Frank Sinatra said this great thing, that singing isn't about singing in tune, or great technical singing. It's about making people believe in the story you're telling.

I love this idea of shape-shifting and changing when you put on clothes, and turn into somebody else.

I've got so much I want to do, and not a lot of time to do it in. People say to me, "You really shouldn't do so many records", because it actually harms your career.

If you were born by the sea, there's always a magnet that draws you back there.

I became the magnet for a lot of scary aggression. Cos it's scary Up North!

So often, the singer is the sound of the record. People think they can cover anything, but the whole voice is the thing that's unrepeatable.

I'm often prone to self-doubt about everything I do.