I am really a very shy person. If I appear, it is because of the music, not because I want to be seen.

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.

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

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.

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

People listen to the music and sense what it is about. Sometimes they know exactly what the songs are about, sometimes they interpret their own meaning to the music, and thats great when this happens because it shows its striking a chord.

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.