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.

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

The more you write tunes, the better they will become. The more you do gigs, the better you will become.

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

Moments is about a girl dying and her boyfriend committing suicide because he can't live without her

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 wanna be drunk when I wake up, on the right side of the wrong bed.