We just kind saw the images and knew the cliches, so to have the opportunity to go there and learn something about Russian music and about Russian people and to see things apart from being a tourist.

That's what I like to do, I like to make songs.

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.

Maybe I was a bit harsh on some people. But I was harshest on myself, really.

There's no such thing as 'I can't do it'.

I have a long history with Soho: even when I was at art college, I came down to Soho to work in the summer.

Sometimes I ask myself, "Should I be out in a club?" But it's about realising I don't need to be always chasing after being who I was 20 or 30 years ago.