We've worked very hard as a band and would like to think we've got this far on the strength of our music.
We play our Irish songs a bit more loosely.
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.
There was no one in particular I really tried to copy.
I mean, y'know, platinum is different in every country, which can be confusing.
Oh yeah, we all write. That's what's great about when you have basics in piano.