I'm not too bothered about what category my music goes in and there's no point in limiting in who you can reach, but I want it to be respected.

I wanted to find a way to speak for people. It was important for me, because so many people spoke for me when I was a kid and made me feel less invisible, and I wanted kids or whoever is listening to my music not to feel so voiceless.

I always wanted to be a musician from when I was kid. It was always a massive dream of mine. School was also really really important to me and having an education was top of my priority. So I really wanted to have a degree before I tried anything in the music industry.

Melody is the first thing that comes to me when I'm songwriting. I learned piano classically first, and then I went into soul, and so melody has always been the first. It's so important.

I want to speak for people that may not feel like they're being spoken for at the moment. And I want to make a connection between the world around us and the charts.

I wanted to make an album that melodically people can connect to; something that reflects our times and the kinds of difficulties we face.

Songwriting is my main thing. I know that I'll do that for the rest of my life.