The star was speaking on the Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1 today (December 18) when he made the admission.
"It's a blatant Jeff Buckley attempt," he told Moyles. "Not quite as good, that's what I think. We were 21 and he was very much a hero, and as with those things it tends to filter through." - more on this story
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