Well, everything about singing, I learned from busking. Everything I learned about songwriting, I learned from busking.

I've realized, you know, having turned 40, that rest is just as important as work. In fact, it's equally as important.

Our imagination just needs space. It's all it needs, that moment where you just sort of stare into the distance where your brain gets to sort of somehow rise up.

I think it's very interesting, people who can't stand people who whinge and whine. It seems almost like a class issue. Because you think about who is the most positive, who's the most redemptive songwriter that's ever existed in your lifetime?

Relationships can be about yourself, they can be about you and your god, you and your people, you and your family. It can be about a lot of different stuff. And it is.

I pick up my guitar and play. Something might come, and then the pen comes out. Then an edit, until something comes out that you're actually satisfied with.

I only ever really take out my guitar when I'm miserable, which isn't necessarily a very good time to do it.