I'm too frightened of confrontation, so I will always tip - even if the service has been really shoddy.

I tasted huge success with my first album, and when it's happening it feels like a roller coaster you can't get off. You should be very careful about wishing for success on that scale.

Come rain or shine I walk short distances rather than taking my car.

You learn that, when your children are all right, everything is right in the world.

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.

Yes, being educated is definitely an advantage. But having said that, I've met so many people in life who haven't done very well at school but who are still really bright.

Writing songs about fancying people in dance clubs is all very well but it's not the be-all and end-all. There are other topics.