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My first-ever date on my first tour, the sound completely cut out. So I had to go on and just shout loudly to the audience.

I try to be careful not to do single concerts where I fly out, do my show, turn around and go home.

I'm the kind of guy that if I go to a concert and hear something that knocks me out, I don't want to be left out of that. I'm going to try to get into that, and I'm running back home to practice.

I never went to concerts when I was a kid, so I never knew if what I was doing onstage was right.

I'm not that flashy in private; I'm usually pretty reserved. But on stage, it's about not being afraid of anything - of anyone judging you. It's one place you can be free. So why not sing as loud as you can, hoop and holler and jump around? A show is a moment. When it's done, it's over. I find that extremely liberating.

All my concerts had no sounds in them; they were completely silent. People had to make up their own music in their minds!

When I was at school I used to scream in trains, in those concertina things between the carriages. I used to try to be so good that sometimes I couldn't bear it any more.

I never sing out loud because I'm afraid people will go, 'Shut up!'