My mouth is a womb. My teeth are my children. My tongue is their babysitter.

I didn't expect such a huge reaction, but I knew I was doing something different to everything else that was happening at the time.

It's very homely, this castle. It doesn't have huge ballrooms. I didn't want a cold, cavernous place.

We called the album 'Amarantine' to mean everlasting. Poets use the word to describe an everlasting flower and I loved the image of that.

My influences are with Irish music, church music and classical music.

With my music, I can express myself so much. A lot of the fans can sense that I'm relating to them something that's quite personal.

Hope has a place in a lover's heart.