"I start really missing London when I go away. I have a little flat, but very central. I live above a pub and you'd think it'd be a nightmare, but I like hearing the music and it's quite comforting."

"I instinctively dress a bit tougher because I've spent a lot of time in the U.S. and I realised there was a certain image projected of me here. I've always been an absolute rebel. When I was in my teen years I had piercings and wore all black."

"I'd call what I do pop music, but it's folky and electronic and it doesn't really sound like much else."

"I suffer panic attacks which has made me really conscious about my fitness and I have become addicted to jogging. It might sound odd but a lot of good has come out of it. My fans send letters saying they have taken up jogging because I do it."

"I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury."

"True knowledge is found not in possessing answers, but in continually asking the right questions. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."

"Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage."

"Time is the most impartial judge; it reveals all pretenses and rewards all patience. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."