I'm an only child, you know, originally. I'm not a child anymore, but I certainly tend to spend a lot of time on my own.

I think people in Great Britain are a bit jaded sometimes.

The world is a heartbreaking place, without any question.

The poetic side of me is Scottish.

Although I have lived in London, I have never really considered London my home because it was always going to be a stopping-off point for me, and it has been too.

We think that this is just our world and we don't know what other people are thinking. Music actually is a phenomenal connector in that respect. It's a special language that defines certain boundaries and connects people in a particular way, a very emotional way, I have found.

If you come face to face with some really challenging situations and tragic circumstances - you are going in there with a purpose. You are not going in there as a tourist. You're not going there just to merely observe. You have a purpose, and your purpose is to tell that story, to share that story for the bigger benefit of millions of other people. Your purpose is to create that bridge so you can give that story the dignity and the focus that it deserves, and you can become a part of the amplification that needs to be there.