I'm so grateful to everyone back home for believing, and to my band and team for all their hard work.
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The Cure wrote 'Boys Don't Cry,' and it's the same today: as a boy, you're not meant to show your emotions, but if you don't have a job or any prospects, you're going to be depressed, and it will be much worse if you can't express that. I hate the term because it's become a buzzword, but it's toxic masculinity.
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Music was always ever present when I was growing up, and it's continued to be the most important and intrinsic part of me. It kept me from going off the rails as a kid, and it gave me rare purpose and self-confidence that I couldn't find from anything else.
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I've got a band that I tour with, and they're not session musicians; they're my friends.
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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.
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I recorded 'Play God' in a shed. I don't know how we got it to sound as good as it did.
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I like to write about stories and life experiences of me, the people around us, and just the things I see on the telly without overcomplicating things.
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Men just need to be open and not emasculate one another.
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Pretty much every prime minister since I can remember has made me mad.
