I approach every show from the same fundamental perspective: this is a conversation, and my job is to make people leave the show feeling like they've seen something singular. It's not about smashing someone over the head from the jump-off.

My favorite records are not easy - they're not records that reveal everything to you the first time out.

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

I didn't start playing music really until I was 18/19, so it was a relatively new thing. I didn't play much music in school.

I moved to London with this really warped sense of expectation.

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

I made a note in my head to be aware of things as they were happening, because they might not happen again. Up to that point, I was not really that appreciative of what was going on, or thinking about documenting life in a plainspoken manner. I was talking about my life and writing songs, but then I would go back and listen and they were about dreams, and legends, and metaphors and that was just not my life!