He's sold over 14 million albums, he's broken the hearts of countless female fans and probably had the piss taken out of him more than any other artist. Now, does he deserve any of that? We spoke to James Blunt about dealing with fame and why music's more important than headlines.

Three's A Crowd: Hi James, where are you at the moment. How are you?

James Blunt: I’m very well thanks. I’m in Boston touring with Sheryl Crow. It’s good fun, the weather’s hot and we’ve been playing outside – I'm having a great time.

TAC: Do you think that fame has changed you?

JB: It’s probably changed other people more than it has me. I mean you wouldn’t be speaking to me if I hadn’t had this success. I’ve had these songs for a long time; people just haven’t heard them before. You learn to adapt to people coming up to you in the street though.

TAC: Does that happen a lot?

JB: A fair bit. But they’re always very kind supporters, they’re the people that come out to the shows and buy the album so I’m always very grateful for that.

TAC: You remain very popular with the ladies, what do you think your appeal is?

JB: I don’t really get bogged down in the tabloid thing. They’re out there just to make money really and none of that money comes my way. I get out there and play music and do the best that I can. I think there are far better things to read about.

Music brings people together. We played a gig in Kososvo for thousands recently and Serbs came down with Albanians and stood side by side signing along. And these are people whose families had been murdering each other. There are the things that we should be interested in, not so much the tabloid gossip.

TAC: What’s the hardest thing about being famous?

JB: I’d say dealing with the media is the hardest.

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