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

For me it always comes down to what is a good song and I'm very old fashioned in the way that I like to make songs that have something classic about them whether you can play them with an orchestra or an electro synthesizer or an acoustic guitar.

I'm the most indecisive person in the world. I'll do three versions of a song, then think, "Is the demo better?"

You can't keep pursuing pop success, and chasing the past.

I can imagine moving out to the seaside at some point. I like Brighton, my sister lives there. I'm a seaside boy and whenever I go there, I find myself writing songs about it.

I don't really have anything against Will Young or Gareth Gates.

People come from all over the world to see this little place they've seen in movies and read about in history books: Soho.