I'm not dismissing prostitutes, but a lot has changed. This so-called gentrification, it can never be stopped.

That's how I always try to start my thoughts. I write them down first, eventually it turns into a poem, and if I feel like composing something to it, then I do that.

When you have a lot of fake selves, most of the time it's because you haven't had parents around so you try to build characters to protect yourself.

We're all competent in different ways, we've just got to find a way to push ourselves up more.

Some people will never be able to get their real self, but that's fine, because their fake self is also part of them.

I've always been shy, but every time that I sing or I perform, when music comes out of me, it is the only thing I can relate to, it's the only thing I can give.

I felt like I was homeless anyway, so the change in environment wasn't that much of a big deal. I felt pretty much the same. After six months of living on the streets [in Camden], I started singing, busking.