I never manage to get to bed early on Sunday night but this doesn't matter, as I don't know one level of exhaustion from another.

There are a lot of people out there who lie about their age and I think it does us all a disservice. It can't all be over when you hit 30. That would be rubbish.

Trust your instincts: they tend to see you right. By listening to them, at least you can sleep at night.

I would love to record something with PJ Harvey or Alison Goldfrapp.

Two premature babies was not a genetic thing; we were just unlucky.

It's funny how intimate it feels to get a text.

Philately is normally a boys' hobby but for some reason it was in vogue at my junior school. Between the ages of eight and ten I collected avidly. I'd pore over my Stanley Gibbons book, obsessively checking my collection's value. I always hoped I'd stumble across a really valuable one, a Penny Black or an Inverted Jenny, but it wasn't to be.