We play our Irish songs a bit more loosely.

There was no one in particular I really tried to copy.

Yes, my mother was a singer, and my father played piano and keyboards. They were in a band together, though they also had regular jobs because they had kids and stuff like that.

I've always stayed pretty fit. I felt I needed to give myself energy by exercising and things like that.

Our parents were very strict. Not in a brutal or awful way, but there were definite rules, such as after six on a school night you didn't go out, and at weekends you had to be home by a certain time. It wasn't particularly sheltered, but we were well brought-up.

And I've played piano since I was little, so I was originally the piano player in the band.

Waking up with a bad head in the morning is difficult sometimes.