The personal appearances and red carpet events are very glitzy, but it's a bit false.

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.

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.

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

The personal appearances and red carpet events are very glitzy, but it's a bit false.

The spring, summer, is quite a hectic time for people in their lives, but then it comes to autumn, and to winter, and you can't but help think back to the year that was, and then hopefully looking forward to the year that is approaching.

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.