I just like the child's nightmares and therapy, once an experience has found the light of day I'm no longer under its spell, I'm free to tell it. I hope in telling honestly I can in some way help other people to do so also.

My dad got me a chemistry book one Christmas and I burnt the garden shed down. I remember there was the most beautiful smell forever after in the remains.

You can have all sorts of relationships, but there's something with musicians working together where you can have relationship that can just continue to grow in a beautiful way.

When I first started writing, a friend said I should be careful because I'm letting people know how to reach right in and play with my workings. And they do!

When I'm on a roll nothing makes me happier or feel more satisfied, like plugging in, life makes sense.

I want it to be more universal than that - like a painter doesn't have to explain his life story away to justify his painting.

I didn't jump a lot of trees because I didn't like heights. I liked getting a mirror and walking around with it facing the sky. I'd imagine I was walking in the tops of the trees and falling into the sky, or walking up the stairs whilst going down.