I still frequent my parents' house. I go there to escape, back to the bedroom that I grew up in. Just to sit there and feel small.

I really enjoy what I do, and who I'm with and where I am. Having said that, I'm not really a person of habit, because what I do in my job is travel around the world and play concerts to people, and occasionally do very weird things.

I never answer if someone knocks on my door and only the band and my manager have my phone number. In any case my phone doesn't ring so I never notice it. I occasionally just walk past and pick it up to see if anyone's there.

I'm not a morose person; it's just that my best songs reflect on the sadder aspects of life.

Perhaps not as badly applied and not as obvious, but for thousands of years, people have worn makeup on stage.

If I book a hotel it's actually very funny. It's very nice to be a genuine Mr Smith.

When you're on stage, the real world just drops away for that time. It's pretty intense.