Now, if some panic hits me, you have to sort of be friends with your body, it's like your body will work against you.

My mum was too busy raising four of us to encourage my hopes. But I'm glad I had the upbringing I did. It made me a worrier and a thoughtful, curious person.

I guess I started running when I was about 18 and... I feel like it assists my creativity a bit because it completely just flushes everything out.

When I heard Bjork's debut, that was when I first realized that I could be a singer, even with my unusual voice.

I never thought that I could make a living out of my voice, to be completely honest. I thought that I could probably keep playing pubs. And it was exciting for me to get even just a pub gig in my town or country, when I went to university.

I was the first person to go to university from my family.

I'm genuinely peaceful and positive. I feel more grounded and connected with everything - friends, family. And I think I've changed the way I deal with stuff recently; I'm trying to think of everything in a more positive way because if something gets me down, it'll really gets me down. The thing I wish I could do more of is train. It's the one thing I do that doesn't require any emotion.