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

When you play arenas you can create whatever you want. At a theater the height of the stage and the limitations of the theater can make you feel more separate from the audience.

My father was a very difficult man.

London was a really multi-racial city ... It's incredible how comfortable people are with race there.

Whatever I'm doing, I'm in that moment and I'm doing it. The rest of the world's lost. If I'm cooking some food or making soup, I want it to be lovely. If not, what's the point of doing it?

I've made sacrifices. I'm not anti-fashion but I've always had a bit of a punk attitude. That's important, I think. I do my own thing.

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