Charlie Simpson

I'm spreading my wings at last.

Really young kids are into guitars.

I've lived my career backwards - I started off huge and I've got smaller and more personal, and I'm much more comfortable now.

I hate the bad rap that people give my parents. Because they are just parents, really, at the end of the day trying to stand up for their daughter and themselves.

Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it.

I'm a private person, but I don't feel afraid to walk out of my door or anything. I get recognised occasionally, but not overwhelmingly so.