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

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.

I didn't really learn how to play guitar until I was in college.

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

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.

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