If you can surrender your protection devices, in order to track the potentially raw and perhaps elusive emotions that are the song's DNA, then that is creative vulnerability, which is ultimately hugely empowering.

For the most part, pianos are female to me. Sometimes they're dykes, and they're always good fun.

I get painted quite a bit as a tragic figure because of some of the stuff that's happened in my life.

I think doing variations on a classical theme is a dangerous thing to do.

I don't see music as working.

Getting people to go above and beyond the call of duty can be achieved but only if you, the artist, are willing to go above and beyond any and all calls of duty yourself.

I know people sometimes have this fantasy about Cornwall. But the Cornish are so grounded.