Going to college was never an option. I was passionate about music, but how much talent I actually had was another matter.

There's such a wealth of great music, clothes or whatever. There is so much great stuff out there, that why would you not still be interested if you've grown up in that kind of culture?

I really enjoy playing America. I like the audiences there. It's the home of a lot of music I grew up with.

When I'm dead I wanna leave a body of work, like authors or great painters do.

I'm not big on rap, to be honest. I just don't get it. It's angry people shouting. I like a song, melodies, people singing.

I never get too many problems. You can never please everyone anyway, obviously. And some people take the easy route and just play the greatest hits, and their audience is happy to hear that as well, and that's fine, but it wouldn't please me. But it doesn't trouble me.

You can listen to music at any moment in the day or night. Which is great, but I think it kind of devalues it as well.