I can't read music and I'm crap at learning lyrics. Especially since the accident I have memory problems. I can't remember words, names, places.

People always go on about sleaze, but I think it's only a small part of what I write about.

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

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

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 liked the idea of writing a song saying I'm happy with who I am, and I don't mind if people think I'm some old git.