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

You need to have a life outside your career.

But I don't like working on lyrics publicly in the studio - I prefer to take them away and work on them in my bedroom.

Like my mum, I sometimes buy things I shouldn't and fill my house with rubbish.

But I quite like that the public has a very short attention span. If I haven't been on telly for a little bit, I can sense it. People don't take as much notice of you, it's really quite palpable.

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

I don't think that old-fashioned idea of record companies exists any more.