The hip-hop aesthetic and the way it's produced always motivated me. Alongside that I was still wanting to make great traditional songs because I've never had any desire to rap. My love of hip-hop is driven by my love of rappers, but it was built out of my love of producers.

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

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.

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.

When I started out making music I thought it was about thrills and adding layers, but I realized I want to focus on saying the most with the least.

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