I've traveled quite a lot and become a coffee nut.

My love of R&B and hip-hop has influenced my life not even as a musician, but generally in terms of growing up and looking to America as an inspiration.

You play a couple of shows, and these label guys come - and they leave halfway through a show. Then the phone calls just stop. And your heart is broken.

I've traveled quite a lot and become a coffee nut.

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

I never was the front man in any bands I played in when I was in college, and I always learned music by myself at home.

I was never a 'sit down with a notepad and write lyrics' kind of person.