Any song I have to work on longer than a day, I just leave it. It's not gonna work. Everything that's good is really instant.

I built a reputation as a songwriter in the industry before my own hits. People were used to coming to me for songs. There were songs like 'Clown' and 'Mountains' that were my songs that I wanted to keep. But the record labels saw me as a songwriter. It was hard to get people to believe in me as an artist.

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

Any song I have to work on longer than a day, I just leave it. It's not gonna work. Everything that's good is really instant.

I feel like 'Next To Me' is a great introduction because it's a simple song that has a simple message for me. I wanted to introduce something that lyrically I'm proud of and introduces me both as an artist and as a writer.

I was very quiet until I got at the piano, and weekends, lunch breaks, after school, before school, I was just making music.

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.