I met Bill Clinton; he's a very nice guy. Yeah, Bill Clinton's cool.

Why didn't kill me it never made me stronger at all.

I don't really do that whole 'single life' thing. I'm kind of heads down and get things done.

I don't kind of want to be known as a one-trick pony who just does the adult-alternative song once a year that makes it onto the radio and people sort of think it's nice.

No one else is going to do it for you, if you want it bad enough then go out and do it yourself.

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

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.