The trouble with the artists this year is they are all obsessed with Twitter and headlines. It feels like they are all getting a bit above themselves.

Are you tired? You should be! You've been running through my mind all day.

Did he annoy me? Yes, he was like a wasp at a picnic.

After a gig I get to the hotel all psyched-up from being on stage and get stuck into 'Homes and Interiors' magazine.

I don't think you'll ever be happy about anything unless you've done it.

I quite like being who I am.

I’m secretly hoping for the full five.

I don't know why people enjoy what I do. I play piano and sing a few songs - and that's about as exciting as I want it to get. The people who come to my shows will have to bring a good book!

I'm not a good time-off person. I'm awful on holiday. It comes from having that period when I didn't work. That really was the worst bit.

I might do 'X Factor' next year. It's looking good that I won't get the sack at Christmas.

Our thoughts are with everyone that's been affected by Manchester attack. We want to stand strong, look at the sky and sing loud and proud.

I have never met a mentally strong person who wasn’t a voracious reader.

Social media takes time and careful, strategic thought. It doesn’t happen by accident.

Ellen Langer’s work has been an inspiration to me for years. Counterclockwise, her latest book, will change the way you think about your health – for the better. It’s simply fabulous.

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? I don't.

This is really America in therapy, people trying to get themselves together and be whole.

I always remember my childhood as traumatic, for various reasons; I always felt alienated, outside.

All the true heroes of history will be forgotten and all the villains will be remembered as heroes.

I live my life with a sense of urgency that most people cant comprehend.

Terry Pratchett's right up my alley ... give him a try!

Confidence is the willingness to be as ridiculous, luminous, intelligent, and kind as you really are, without embarrassment.