I don't write poems and put them to music. Just let things flow.

I lead two totally separate lives. There are times when I have to slip into rock star mode.

When I write love songs, people think they're really soppy - but I see love as a consolation for the boredom of life.

If you took music out of my life, I don't know what I'd do. It's the one thing that I have a real passion for.

I studied German at school. I lived in Berlin for two years and had a German girlfriend for five years, so I don't find speaking German particularly difficult. Singing was slightly more difficult.

I didn't write songs for a very long time.

England never felt claustrophobic for me at all. I think it would feel more difficult for me if I lived in mainland Europe. America I think is really easy because Los Angeles has film stars everywhere and musicians and Santa Barbara a lot of people have homes there even if they don't live there. You are kind of inconsequential, no one cares.