I always knew I wanted to be a musician, and I always knew I wanted to write, 'cause the people I was listening to all wrote. I never thought it was an option to sing anyone else's songs.

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.

From when I was a kid I wanted to write. It was so important to me that I was writing my own material.

I was finding it very difficult to find a label that understood what I wanted to do and really believed that people wanted to hear something honest and a little bit different. So, I did feel a bit like a clown. You're knocking on everyone's door trying to get them to believe what you're doing.

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

I think on the first album, my aim was to write a good song and have a good melody, and I wanted lyrics that would connect with as many people as possible. On the second album, I took a lot more of a personal approach. I wasn't trying to make conventional, structured songs; I was really trying to get a lot of emotion and my own personal journey throughout it. I just focused more on being honest than getting the normal song structure down.

Sometimes you feel like a very small drop in this huge ocean.