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.

My first language is Gaelic.

I am privileged to do a job I love to do. I would never change any moment from my life.

Look to love and you may dream, and if it should leave then give it wings. But if a love is meant to be, hope is home and the heart is free.

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

A lot of people tend to think that because I need all this time on my own in the studio, that I need time on my own, period. And that's not really true.

I told the record company I didn't feel the need to be at red-carpet events. I wanted a career. But I wanted to keep myself intact as a person.