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.

I know that New York is big, there are huge buildings, but in fact, it's quite small and contained.

Poetry itself is music. I'm just lucky that I can convert it into music.

I loved English literature - if didn't it would have been hard - but I had to learn it myself. I remembered ways to repeat words, to put more emphasis on certain lines.

I wasn't quite used to writing a diary - I didn't understand why people did it - but I wrote down notes and they went into a poem.

I think it is all about creating characters, mixing them up with the stars and the light-years, and coming back to Earth, because we're from this universe. We're not just New York or London; we're stars.

Even if someone thinks there's a mistake I've made on the piano, to me it's not a mistake; it's how it's meant to be.