I approach my life haphazardly. Not much holiness and only as much wisdom as I can muster.
A lot of the time writers are just sponges... for what's around them, and so books are helpful for focusing your mind and literally putting it into words.
It's a unique thing to stand in front of a crowd and sing your songs.
I'm very English, and we don't talk about emotions publicly.
The authenticity thing has never been an issue for me.
I spent quite a lot of time pissing off my friends because I could get girls with a British accent, despite the fact that I was tubby and, like, not very cool.