Most of the stuff that I do talk about, about being counted out and being an underdog, 'cause that's what I feel like I am.

I never feel that I have to adopt a character. It's more the way I choose to present the music and that's always based on what is right for the song.

The craft, the writing of a song, is about creating a story, a life story, a world within three minutes, but that's the frame, if you like, the picture frame. That fascinates me.

The way I make music is unique to myself and the way I have lived my life - no one else would tell that story in the same way that I do.

I would never feel confident enough to express my views and opinions as the right ones because I just don't think that's possible. There are so many sides to everything that nobody is right or wrong.

Well, I don't really concern myself too much with what other people make of my work.

I do write a lot of prose. It's not disciplined enough yet that it's actually become stories, or short stories. The idea of writing a novel seems impossible.