I think the consistency comes from the parts.

My relationship to all my family in Ireland is more to family as a whole. It wasn't that we had a very specific one-on-one relationship.

When I sang the line, 'Songs about Old Ireland.Songs about being young again.I wish I was young again,' twice people cried. I saw them.

It's not that I literally believe in magic or spirits. In my logical life I absolutely don't believe in any kind of mumbo jumbo. But I do have this belief in the greater magic of the universe.

I've always been fascinated by flight and the freeness of birds.

It's not a morbid thing, but I think I've never been afraid of death, which is maybe why I love writing about it.

Maybe when I die and I'm thrown overboard, I'll turn into a mermaid.