My grandma told me never, ever, ever to use soap on my face. But I do use lotion.

If people go into music with the idea of competing with other artists, then they're doing it for all the wrong reasons.

My song-writing has always been just about my life - usually my worst moments.

All the best parts of art come from pain turned to celebration.

I was born in Bradford, a city in the north of England that God forgot about. A place where most people never leave, but if they do, they certainly never go back.

Every bad thing that's happened to me has defined me, has shaped, has moulded me.

I make music because I like making music.