I'm a bit of a book worm, so a lot of the songs I write are inspired by books.

I had received some minor indie label interest when I was 14 after I was in a schools music competition thing in NZ called 'Rockquest', but I knew it wasn't the right time and that I wasn't good enough and needed to concentrate on school.

Now that I am an adult, I'm very comfortable in my own skin. I'm a lot more settled down and I learnt to just be comfortable with where I'm at, rather than always wanting to be somewhere ahead of where I am.

I know my sound, and I have to be true to who I am as an artist, even though I want be real cool, and make really cool music.

Those who have had the most impact and influence throughout history and certainly the people who've had the most impact and influence on me personally have been basically entirely unaware of any such influence and made their chief concern their personal devotion and obedience, and the pleasure of God in the hidden things of their lives.

I have a particular style of writing and my voice sounds a particular way, which lends itself to a certain style.

You don't normally think of Los Angeles as a place to go to get away.