Music is a self-propelling thing. You can not rely on anybody but yourself.

The idea of trying to predict what people will or won't respond to is risky.

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 moved to London with this really warped sense of expectation.

I think sitting in the car with your parents and listening to music is an essential to growing up.

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

I'm mostly a keep-to-myself kind of guy, but you slowly find yourself getting folded into the musical tapestry.