The thing that I took away as an early fan from Bob Dylan was the storytelling aspects. He can tell some wicked stories.

Success is the best revenge for anything. Keep ya head down and work hard to achieve.

I've never really been a confident person, except from a musical standpoint. I had to push myself early on, but it got easier with each gig.

If I ever have any back-up dancers, I want the penguins from Madagascar.

Never be friends with your exes if you weren't friends with them before.

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.

I think if you have someone without a sense of humor, you're less likely to be together.