My brother's researched our early family history. He found a letter from a fella who said he used to be in love with my mum.

The most important ingredient to making a song work is the magic. You've got a melody, you've got words, but on the more successful songs, there's a sort of magic glow that just happens and you can feel it happening. It just makes the songs sort of roll out.

I'm not really comfortable singing without accompanying myself on stage - I'm not used to it.

I was still 15 when I met John Lennon at a village fete in Woolton, in Liverpool.

It's not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that's your pool of resources. If you were to write something now, I bet there's a pretty good chance you'd call on your teenage years, your experiences then, stuff you learned then.

There will be an answer. Let it be.

If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat.