My influences are with Irish music, church music and classical music.

I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary.

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.

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.

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.

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

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