You get one chance to make an impression and coasting through is a disservice.

I grew up in a place called Malahide, which is by the water and is beautifully quiet, leafy, and part serene.

I'm not an L.A. guy. I don't take meetings - you know what I mean? I don't really know how to interact very well with people in L.A. because everybody's got an agenda and everybody's like, "What do you do?" "Where are you going?" Or it's like, "What do you know?" And I'm not on a grind - I was there to make music and to meet people but I wasn't hustling for anything.

Food in Dublin has gotten immeasurably better than it was. When I was a kid, there weren't a lot of options. Now you're overwhelmed with options.

Sometimes my hands they don’t feel like my own; I need someone to love, I need someone to hold.

With music, it feels natural that, in my head, I can pull things apart and then put them back together very quickly.

I really wanted to approach performing live differently than most people who just play guitar and sing.