I'm far more comfortable in my 40s than I ever was.

I just can't talk about things before I do them, because just for me... I give energy away before I've put energy into the job.

I can be completely indulgent and spend as many hours and days or weeks as I like on one thing. Writing music and sitting in my studio, just pottering with ideas, it's a lot more personal and creative for me, I don't feel restricted.

The first thing I need to get sorted out before I can then move forward, before I can feel any confidence whatsoever, is the voice.

To work in America or other places is more about curiosity, because I'm dealing with cultures and sensibilities that I don't really know. So I'm having to sort of investigate them, which I'm fascinated in, but it comes from a place of curiosity rather than a real need to get something out of my system.

Growing up, I was a kid pretending to be an adult.

I'm constantly trying to be as original as I can.