Hugh Laurie features on one of the tracks on your new album. What was it like working with him?

It was great. Hugh Laurie’s a real guy. He plays the same game I do: we’re here to work so let’s do it. I don’t play the star game and Hugh doesn’t either. A perfect example of Hugh is when he was in a car going to the Golden Globes and the car was stuck. He said to heck with this and walked like three blocks to get to the Golden Globes.

Hugh Laurie just trudging down the street! When he got there, security stopped him and said, “Excuse me sir, where do you think you’re going?” He’d left his invitation in the car by mistake and it took some journalist or photographer to say to the security guy, “That’s Hugh Laurie, he’s nominated for a Golden Globe”. The security guy said, “Well, I don’t know that”.
He got in eventually. But Hugh’s like that.