I try to get a degree of realism in my music.

I tend to like songs that are very emotional, that strike a chord with me emotionally.

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 repeat yourself, then I think you're in danger of losing that fan base, because if you're not interesting yourselves, you're not interesting your audience.

I don't like to think 10 years down the road.

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.

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