I do a so-called trip into myself: I sit down at the piano and the melody might start to evolve from my playing or then I might start to sing it.

I don't have pets, I have two guard dogs; and I don't do my own shopping; it's a security thing.

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 core beliefs revolve around the idea that we should live to the best of our abilities-we should live and let live.

Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you.

I don't need a man in my life.

My first language is Gaelic.