I always said that if I could just find a guy who could chop wood and had a nice smile, it wouldn't bother me if he was a thug or an aristocrat, as long as he was a good guy. And I've ended up with an educated thug.

From being at art college, I've always hated people that have the gall to think that they're being incredibly different when they're doing something in a very acceptable way, something safe that they've seen someone else doing.

Most of my lyrics are little stories about my experiences or those of my friends.

I look a lot like my father and his mother.

I am fairly classless because it is very difficult to class someone who comes from a mixed marriage.

What could equal the bliss? / The thrill of the first kiss / It'll blow right to you / It's never as good as the first time.

Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.