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

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

I'm very ambitious, musically - I want to create great things, not mediocre work.

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

I have some vivid memories of walking around as a child with a cassette tape.

It's like half the campaign of selling a record is trying to convince people that you're an artist. Well, I am an artist. This is what I do.

I want to talk about things that are tangible and real to me, but I also want to do them in a way that's poetic and artistic.