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.

Although I'm living in California, I'm very proud to be British.

All you did was wreck my bed and in the morning kick me in the head.

If you want my body and you think I'm sexy come on sugar let me know.

I want to go out at the top, but the secret is knowing when you're at the top, it's so difficult in this business, your career fluctuates all the time, up and down, like a pair of trousers.

There's nobody I look up to, really.

You've got to have this burning desire in your chest to succeed.