London was a really multi-racial city ... It's incredible how comfortable people are with race there.
I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists.
I just aspire to pick people up. That's my ambition.
Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
People are so used to having their lives filmed, they're not even conscious of having cameras around. I still have that sort of suspicion when a camera comes out. I view it as a thing to fear.
When I was young, people were almost identified solely by the kind of music they liked. People fell into categories of who liked what.
People generally let me be me. People are aware that I'm not someone particularly begging for attention. They hold back a bit with me.