Love it will not betray you, dismay or enslave you, it will set you free/to be more like the man you were made to be

I'd love to write a country album with Adele.

I approach my life haphazardly. Not much holiness and only as much wisdom as I can muster.

The authenticity thing has never been an issue for me.

I'm very English, and we don't talk about emotions publicly.

I think it was T.S. Eliot who talked about good poetry being felt before it’s understood. I believe that. There are some bands where I love their lyrics but I don’t have a clue what they’re on about.

A lot of the time it feels like… music is some sort of excuse to be a human. It’s kind of like people need that excuse to go and put their arms in the air and sing their hearts out.