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I think a song that's got something to say. I'm not much on gimmicks. I never have been because they don't last. But I like a song that tells a story and has some meat to it, you know, that means something.

I think you can say anybody uses anything as a gimmick. Is Adele's not having gimmicks her gimmick? It's hard to say, isn't it? Really, I think that everybody has something that people like or that's great about them.

Like all artists, I go through creative spurts.

I have a lot of respect for all the artists I get compared to, even if, as an artist, you prefer to have your own identity.

I get a little sick of myself as a solo artist. I get a little bit bored.

I don't know many artists who are happy with themselves all of the time.

All my songs were solo voices. Just me singing. In fact, that was the gimmick - no gimmick. Just singing straight with not too much background.

The individual - man as a man, man as a brain, if you like - interests me more than what he makes because I've noticed that most artists only repeat themselves.