I live on the edge of Bath. It's really lovely, but its very loveliness freaks me out a bit. It's peaceful, a great antidote to the craziness of being on tour, but sometimes I feel as though I've retired.
Any abuse of animals is the same as abuse of men, women, or children.
I'm one of those people that, if I'm in the country, I will have a look inside an old church.
No one ever recognises me. Everyone says, 'You don't look like your pictures.'
I have no guilt about any of my pleasures.
I love escaping into film, because everyday life I find quite troublesome. So any excuse to go into a cinema and say goodbye to the world for a couple of hours, or in a book or whatever, is great.
I try to read as much as I can - all the time, really. And I absolutely love going to the cinema, especially during the day.
I love entering the bowels of the cinema and immersing myself in another world.
The two have to go hand in hand - the atmosphere and the music. I actually get rather worried if I can't see the music first. There always needs to be a mood, a feeling, a story, even if it is abstract. There's got to be a narrative to guide things before they're even created.
Humans have always used animals to depict ideas about themselves: ideas about their status, about their position in life and society and the world.
It's so hard to pick a 'single.' I always want it to be whatever my favorite tune is, but often the record company and the person whose job it is to take it to radio have different ideas.
Anything is food for starting a song. A song can start with a lyric idea or a melody or just a sound that inspires.
An album, for me, is not just a commercial product. It's about presenting a world to people, for them to explore and enjoy. How they do that is up to them.
I think it's a bit of a myth that if you can read music you can write music. It doesn't work like that.
I think a lot of singers are shy people. I suppose singing on stage is not like talking; you are not as exposed.
I was clear that I wanted to do music and I wanted to write songs. But I wasn't clear about how I was going to make that happen. I wrote loads of songs but didn't want to show them to anyone.
I don't think that just because you go on stage you are an exhibitionist.
I have strange blood sugar levels. I get very odd if I don't eat. I either want to hit someone, cry, or fall asleep.
I carry my own food around on tour; I permanently have carrier bags full of cereal and bananas.
I find shopping too stressful. I get hot and flustered and irritated and feel sick after I've bought something.
