After a gig I get to the hotel all psyched-up from being on stage and get stuck into 'Homes and Interiors' magazine.

Are you tired? You should be! You've been running through my mind all day.

Did he annoy me? Yes, he was like a wasp at a picnic.

I don't think you'll ever be happy about anything unless you've done it.

I quite like being who I am.

I’m secretly hoping for the full five.

I don't know why people enjoy what I do. I play piano and sing a few songs - and that's about as exciting as I want it to get. The people who come to my shows will have to bring a good book!

I'm not a good time-off person. I'm awful on holiday. It comes from having that period when I didn't work. That really was the worst bit.

I might do 'X Factor' next year. It's looking good that I won't get the sack at Christmas.

The trouble with the artists this year is they are all obsessed with Twitter and headlines. It feels like they are all getting a bit above themselves.

Our thoughts are with everyone that's been affected by Manchester attack. We want to stand strong, look at the sky and sing loud and proud.

Music is feelings in search of words.

That all men are equal is a proposition which at ordinary times no sane individual has ever given his assent.

I love the abandonment to impulse, I act from impulse only, and I love to madness that others do the same by me.

If you're analytical, you have to be blunt. That's by definition. You can't analyze something and not be blunt about it. What would you rather hear if not the truth?

Never allow others to put obstacles in the pathway of your dreams

Secrets. I can't take then with me. If I do, when I go, when I arrive at my final destination, I'll be . . . impure.

The culture is just so coarse that you have to take it to that level and people will be like, 'Whoa!' And then you can make people think about stuff. It's kind of like shock therapy.

Sad company is bad company.

Life is sometimes amazingly fragile, but some lives are frighteningly strong.

Where there is purpose, there is happiness as well.