Don't be daft, Ed - Stuart asked politely (and flatteringly!) if I was happy for other people to take the song up. I replied, politely, that for the time being I wasn't. He asked me how I felt, I told him how I felt. I'm not stopping anyone singing the song - as you rightly say, I couldn't if I wanted to. For that matter, I'm not stopping anyone setting it to their own tune, changing the words, turning it into a rap or translating it into Telugu, or all of the above. But if anyone wants to know how I feel about them singing it, the answer is that for the time being I'd rather they didn't. Just till I've had the chance to sing it myself to an audience or two. (Not to be confused with an audience of two.)