Playback singing is fun and good money. But it's no big art really; only the film and record people glorify it with all those gold and silver discs given to singers. I wish I could take all of them to the goldsmith and draw the metal out.

I grew up in a really small town with not a lot of money, and I liked singing, but it was just something that was a hobby.

People ask me where I got my singing style. I didn't copy my style from anybody.

I can't see myself singing the same song twice in a row. That's terrible.

When you're singing you can hear the echo of people in the audience singing every single word with you, and that was that big dream that I had for myself. It's happening.

I remember when I thought of singing as the bit that went between the guitar playing - something I couldn't wait to get out of the way. Singing was originally like a chore that I didn't really enjoy.