I mean, y'know, platinum is different in every country, which can be confusing.
I used to play the piano in the band, and so there's some horrendous scenes of me playing the keyboards.
Our parents were very strict. Not in a brutal or awful way, but there were definite rules, such as after six on a school night you didn't go out, and at weekends you had to be home by a certain time. It wasn't particularly sheltered, but we were well brought-up.
Waking up with a bad head in the morning is difficult sometimes.
Yes, we record practically everything on Pro Tools.
A lot of the songs are written on piano or guitar, so I contribute, and I have done so since the beginning. So it's been good to be involved completely musically as well.
I listened to a lot of bands that were happening at the time, but no one in particular.
There was no one in particular I really tried to copy.