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'Endless Love' is such a perfect love song for a wedding or for a Valentine, because that is the committed kind of endless love. All the lyrics are perfect.

I wrote 'Paracetamol' between the ages of 15 and 16. With many of my songs, I have this strange habit of spending months fumbling over song structure ideas before suddenly writing all the lyrics in one day, and that's what happened here.

I wanted to write a song that was outright against war, in any form.

I had too many guys with big egos chasing me, claiming they knew the way to make things work for this 'wonder kid,' all off the back of one song.

Sonny' is a very sad song that I wrote. It's just me playing this beautiful guitar with flat wound strings and I was sat on a sofa chair.

My favorite is Augustus Gloop's song because it's very Bollywood. I kept telling Tim, 'We've got to do a Bollywood number!' and finally, he said okay.

If a scene called for numerous Oompas to join in a narrative song and dance, I would perform the steps for all of them with subtle distinctions of expression and movement. When the images were joined with the help of a computer, I became an entire troupe.

I got to sing a wonderful song called 'I Ain't Down Yet.' Well, I ain't.

To be able to be onstage and to hear people in the audience go, 'That's my song!' It's amazing.

I'm definitely interested in making more music and uploading new covers; I like to take suggestions because it's more fun if people know the song.

The song came out to be a gem, just came out to be a really, really interesting rendition of it.

When I first heard that song, it was a ballad but it had a lot more. It felt like a gospel song when I first heard it and it just moved me.

I think it's his perception of knowing how to make a record build, keeping the integrity of the song in the music and really adding a lot of musical elements to compliment my voice and to compliment the song.

The record was only released in the UK, and then when the idea for the remixed album came about, which was an idea that I've had for the longest time, I said this would be great song to remix as well, and so we did it.

I'm not a song and dance man, so you're not going to see me on 'Glee' anytime soon. If you want that show to continue, keep me far away from it.

I'm sure every song has some kind of undertone of what I was going through with Chris. It was my life.

I know I get a real kick, an emotional charge, out of playing a song I haven't played for 10 years. It just takes you back to that point in your life.

I think in order to accomplish anything in life, you have to visualize yourself there - accepting the award, hearing your song on the radio, whatever it is - or you lose the willpower and the drive.

I wouldn't use a song I didn't think was my brand or image.

I can write a happy song, but there has to be some sort of twist. Otherwise it feels a bit cheesy.

The day I write a totally happy song... I'll retire.