Emil's [Nava], the video director. Originally, I was meant to do all the stuff that the puppet was doing. I just wasn't that comfortable with doing it, so he had a puppet made.

I think YouTube has destroyed the genre barrier. People can be into Justin Bieber and Eminem at the same time. It's a good thing.

I saw Damien Rice in Dublin when I was 13, and that inspired me to want to pursue being a songwriter... I practised relentlessly and started recording my own EPs. At 16 I moved to London and played any gigs I could, selling CDs from my rucksack to fund recording the next, and it snowballed from there.

And I know these scars will bleed, but both of our hearts believe all of these stars will guide us home

Instead of writing songs for girls, I tend to write albums, which I guess is a bit weird.

I'll be drunk again to feel a little love.

As far as songwriting, my inspirations came from love, life and death, and viewing other people's situations.