I tried therapy. This had never appealed to me. For me, it was a bit like a Chinese meal: very filling at the time, but then an hour later you're hungry again.

I am somewhat on the shy side. I know people might find that hard to believe.

Brewing a good cuppa is something not everyone can do, and I loathe bad tea.

I enjoy a glass of wine, and I love my football. I suppose it's because I'm a real working-class.

You shouldn't be in the music business if you're posing.

I'll sing over some chords, searching, what does [the music] conjure up, where's the melody taking you? I deliberate over the lyrics, I really do. I'll come up with one line in a day, and then it might be a couple of days before I come up with the rhyming line. It's never been easy for me.

There's still plenty of lead in this pencil, but I only write to one person now.