I had a period in my life when I was eight or nine when I was so scared of dying that I wouldn't go out of our house for a whole year.

I make a living from storytelling - if you're a public person and you sing songs about getting married to get a visa, and you are actually doing that, you're gonna end up in trouble.

I had a period in my life when I was eight or nine when I was so scared of dying that I wouldn't go out of our house for a whole year.

I think to find an escape route out of a music industry that is becoming more and more focused on making money.

I think all of my songs are either based on personal experience or will be based on personal experience, because I do write a lot of songs prophetically.

Family and friends always need to be bigger than your music career, and in that sense, your music will be bigger because you respect your family and your friends more.

I was trying to actively get away from music, I guess. But I recorded a whole bunch of instrumental piano songs.