Over in the UK, the music press can be brutal. They can say wonderful things about you one week, and the next week, you're in the can.

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

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

With my music, I can express myself so much. A lot of the fans can sense that I'm relating to them something that's quite personal.

I'm not one for walking the beaches humming a melody. I love the discipline of sitting in the studio, writing and listening. That is my domain.

You know love is everything you say A whisper, a word Promises you give You feel it in the heartbeat of the day You know this is the way love is

There is no formula to it because writing every song, for me, is a little journey. The first note has to lift you and make you go, 'What's this?' You play C, but why is it that one day it leads to G and it didn't yesterday? I don't know. It's everything. It's the walk you take in the morning, it's the night before, the meeting with people, landscapes, the chats, all of that evolves in some way into melody, but I'm not sure how it's going to happen. I'm dealing with the unknown all the time and that is exciting.