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 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.

It would be sad if we lost our instinct and our courage to love and protect.

The focus is on singer/songwriters now rather than huge shows. I mean, of course there's always a place for that too.

I wasn't intentionally trying to create my own path or be original, it was just I needed to say certain things and I needed to express myself, and that's how it came out.

I think people don't realize how many hours of practice goes into becoming a musician and getting better.

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