And the one job my father knew of, that he'd had experience of himself, was the Army, so he could help me in that direction..

I guess if you're stupid enough to join the army without thinking about getting shot at, then you really are a fool..

I have been told by people that I should not be seen clubbing with good-looking women, but I can't see why not. Why be a pop star otherwise?.

My parents are still together. I have two sisters. I travel the world and they are the people I speak to..

Being British, I don't really have a way of expressing myself in conversation. Music transcends language..

My life is brillant, My love is pure..

If the Army helped towards my tuition fees I would then give them four years of my life..

I write, "Give me reason but don't give me choice, because I'll make the same mistake again." I think that's what most men want to be told..

I write songs about my own experiences. You can't lie to yourself. You can't pose to yourself..

I always wanted to be a Muppet..

Maybe I should try singing like a man..

Absolutely, it's a really weird stage because at the minute, I can walk down the street and be unrecognised, lead a normal life, but my label and eve….

Ladies love a soppy lyric. There's a real winner in 'Carry You Home'..

I try to tell one lie in every interview. It keeps people I know amused when they read the article..

Will you be my shoulder when I'm gray and older? Promise me tomorrow starts with you. Getting high, running wild among the stars above. Sometimes it'….

To get up on stage with a band is fantastic. To play songs to an audience is mindblowing..

I used to have an eBay addiction. I was really good at selling stuff. My sister needed to get to a funeral in Ireland - the airlines were on strike -….

As a singer-songwriter who gets up on stage and sings about those things that make me vulnerable is an amazing experience. You get up on stage and ef….

It's taken a long time but eventually when I had the songs in place and demos right and I found myself a manager, that's when everything started happ….

No matter whether you are black or white, man or woman, gay or straight, Christian, Muslim, or Jew, we all share the same emotions, the same human co….

I never really set out to do anything in the charts with music. It came as a total surprise that I did, and it's fun..