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

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

Fame and success are very different things.

I am not reclusive. I just have a private life.

My first language is Gaelic.

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.

The writing of a melody is an emotional moment; success doesn't make it easy.