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

I personally don't think ginger men have a habit of being attractive. We have to make ourselves seem attractive by doing stuff.

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 to be successful at anything you have to put in a hell of a lot of effort. Pick your battles. I picked music, put in a lot of effort, and it's worked.

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

The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile. Always appreciate things, because [they] could be gone tomorrow.

A sense of humor is an important thing to have because when you get into an argument, one of the best ways to diffuse it is to be funny.