Men just need to be open and not emasculate one another.
Me and my mates are very, very close. We all talk about our problems - especially as we've got older. But I don't think a lot of people have that.
I love my job - I'm going to keep doing it until I die - but there's nothing more soul-destroying than having to cancel a show.
It's so vacuous, this job. You're constantly looking at pictures of yourself, talking about yourself. Then I come back home, and all my mates want to talk about is me because I've been hanging out with Elton John and stuff.
I've been lucky enough to support some absolute legends and incredible songwriters over the years, including Hozier, Daughter, Willy Mason, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Nick Mulvey, and Benjamin Francis Leftwich.
I wanted to change my name when I first started because I thought, 'No-one is going to believe that it is my name.'
I'm asking questions that most people are asking, but just putting a melody or a song to it.
It's impossible to let fame go to your head when you still live in North Shields in a flat with your mum.
I'm never going to overestimate the clout of my job.
I got scouted to be the dude in the video for 'Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored.'
I write all my own songs, so if it goes wrong, I don't co-write anything. It's all going to fall on me.
I messed around with the guitar from the age of about eight, but when I hit 13, it was the only thing I wanted from life.
I think I got stopped on the train once by a kid, and that was the first time I realised I had fans. He was shaking. I just reassured him that I'm an idiot and nothing special, so he didn't have to be nervous. It was very sweet.
As soon as I had the opportunity to wear a suit, I took it, like when I was at sixth form and had to dress smartly, I couldn't wait to get a suit on. I've always loved dressing up.
I think the best writing is full of honesty and conviction. A lot of people are afraid to reveal much of themselves.
I think I'm the last generation that remembers life before the smartphone. I'm going to be one of them old geezers going, 'You know, when I was a kid, we used to play with sticks.'
The reality is, the only thing I can control is whether my songs are good and if I can turn up and sing. All the rest is background noise.
I'm relentless when it comes to writing and recording.
Even when a Geordie is trying to be nasty, it doesn't sound that threatening.
I was probably the only kid in school that had long hair.
