When I was growing up, I'd be in the choir. My mum was the organist in the church, so I'd sing in the church.

My first language is Gaelic.

Music is like a mirror in front of you. You're exposing everything, but surely that's better than suppressing. You have to dig deep and that can be hard for anybody, no matter what profession. I feel that I need to actually push myself to the limit to feel happy with the end result.

When I was growing up, I'd be in the choir. My mum was the organist in the church, so I'd sing in the church.

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

I do promotion when it is necessary, but I always want to get back to the music.

Singing in Gaelic is very, very natural to do. I think lends itself very much so to being sung.