The singer, 49, talks about surviving boarding school and Kosovo, partying in Ibiza and tinkering with his Wiki pagetwo years in my childhood. My dad was an army helicopter pilot so we moved every two years: Hong Kong, Cyprus, Germany, Yorkshire, Hampshire. We’d arrive and my mother would push me out and tell me to knock on doors looking for other kids.is a terrible instrument. My mother made me take it up when I could barely walk. Then at four she started me on the violin.
I was moved by individuals on both sides who showed great compassion and kindness, but murderous and genocidal groups displayed none. I lost much of my faith in people – and have little hope for humankind.My father gave me that advice. Go out there, do everything. It’s why I got into music. I had the dream and didn’t want to grow old with regret.is my greatest sadness. I was with her the day before she died.