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.

I started playing bass in my friend's band for some reason. It was just something I did because, well, he asked me if I wanted to play bass and he played me this song - Nirvana's version of "Molly's Lips", the Vaselines song - and he said, "You can do this! This is not hard!" and it's like a two-note song. I learned that and then I thought I was a genius.

When I was between seven and 13, I hated music. I wasn't interested in music at all. I'd tried to listen to it just because all my friends were getting into pop music and everything, and I remember I just wasn't interested at all. I liked drawing and science.

I wanted to create a more spontaneous outlet for my songwriting to have alongside the more long-winded process of making an album. I wanted to have some fun.

I love a lot of old disco because it's aerodynamic, smooth, and very seductive.

I wanted the album to be aerodynamic, like an airplane taking off from a runway - all of a sudden you're in the air.

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