I've always been fascinated by the human body, but you can become quite morbid and paranoid if you think too much.
I guess I started running when I was about 18 and... I feel like it assists my creativity a bit because it completely just flushes everything out.
Most of the songs I sing have that blues feeling in it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't know what I'm sorry about. I don't.
Now I can stand up on the stage again like I used to after five years of sitting down while I sang.
I don't care who's playing. Even if it's my favorite artist, I'm probably not gonna go and see him.
Rapping and singing are not two polar opposites. There's so much middle ground. And I think there's a lot of people who find that middle ground.
Ever since I was a little kid and first heard Jimmy Reed's 'Honey, Don't Let Me Go,' the blues has been in my blood.
When I wrote the song, The Way It Is, I wanted to move people to take a stand on civil rights in this country.
My favorite electric guitar would have to be my Duesenberg. I've named her 'Dolores,' and she sings like an operatic menace.
Some of my favourite record and album covers and stuff have all been the singer, and they create a character, and they dress up a little bit.
With an older generation, there's some weight carried with the Beatles. There's almost like an untouchable, god-like force field around them.
Having a very serious thematic element in the lyrics and then juxtaposing with something really triumphant and just a big beat to dance to is a nice contrast to having a dark message.
One of the most frustrating parts about songwriting for me is production, but it makes me want to get better at it and ends up being one of the most rewarding parts of it.
I'm always shy in front of an audience, so I'm always at the back, in the shadows, just doing it. I don't like the front, the adulation.
As you know, I was a solo singer, something I just got very much used to. Turns out I'm quite enjoying being in a band!
Musical theatre is something that I always wanted to be a part of, and my first ever role on the West End as Joseph in 'Joseph And The Technicolor Dreamcoat' gave me a taste for it.
Living with a stammer is difficult. It's a daily uphill struggle with emotional baggage weighing you down. You can't be the person you want to be.
I've made a few albums in such an autonomous way; it often has been exhausting. It's almost difficult to enjoy the process when you take on so much.
My daughter is wonderful and incredibly well behaved. I am very lucky. She will always be my priority.
You play a couple of shows, and these label guys come - and they leave halfway through a show. Then the phone calls just stop. And your heart is broken.
Bob Dylan's first couple of records in the 60's weren't considered cover records, but he only wrote one or two original songs on each album.
