You feel like half of your life is a vacation when you go to these Barcelona music festivals and have all day to sound check or go to the pool.

I think I got interested in singing without being too over-the-top. I was more calmly singing the words - which I thought had really come a long way. I thought they were worth singing clearly.

When we got to the step when we'd normally start collaborating, we started having these talks about how it was not worth getting together. Getting together just didn't feel very inspired, and doing it alone did.

You look back and see pictures of yourself, or hear an old song, and you know where that came from or why you were working on that - but you don't want to do that again. You don't necessarily hate it, but you're a very different person now, so, in that way you do.

When I finally got to 30, I'll admit that there was a little anxiety, but at the same time I actually really liked it.

You're always trying to find new stuff and new inspiration. If you don't really push and you don't try something that feels exciting, then it's not worth doing.

The great thing is that when you hire string players you always get really great players. I don't know why that is.