It was all that stuff about taking your parents' car when you're 13, sneaking booze into rock shows and ditching school with your friends. I could relate to that as a former teenager, rather than as a present parent.

I think the true test of a pop song, for me, and I've talked to a lot of other writers about this, is you take your demo, you pop it in your car and you drive down Sunset Blvd. to Santa Monica, and that's the Hollywood car test.

I absolutely refuse to reveal my age. What am I - a car?

I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a car accident.

I would like you all to give me a round of applause as I have not crashed my car in over 15 months.