I met Prince William at a musical festival and he let me know he was a fan of my music. But the invitation to sing at his wedding reception came completely out of the blue. The fact that Kate and William knew the words to my songs was very touching.

It took time to really build myself a reputation as a good live performer, a musician and an artist.

I'd hate it to become style over substance, I'd hate people to start putting me in a magazine article about my style. I don't like dressing up in something I'm not necessarily comfortable in just to make it more of a show. I want the power to come from what I sing about and how I sing.

I wrote a lot of poetry that was based on stories of the sea and I was really inspired by that.

I believe in the moment of things and fate and things happening for a reason, so I write things down and I trust it.

I feel like my songs are very relevant and very meaningful, but I literally have to get rid of the nostalgia for shows because I would just be mess on-stage otherwise.

I think hype is a good thing. You need it and it'll teach you valuable things and you'll grow stronger, which is what I've done.