“My wife is an artist, a painter. We are accustomed to being unemployed for long stretches of time. We know how to handle it.”

British acoustic singer, songwriter, and musician

Jack Savoretti, born Giovanni Edgar Charles Galletto-Savoretti, is a British acoustic singer, songwriter, and musician. Active in the 21st century, he is known for a series of studio albums and for reaching number one on the UK Albums Chart with Singing to Strangers. His recorded work includes Between the Minds, Harder Than Easy, Before the Storm, Written in Scars, Sleep No More, Singing to Strangers, Europiana, and Miss Italia. His songs and albums place him in the acoustic singer-songwriter tradition, with a career built around intimate, melodic writing and performance.