Right from day one, you know when you've written a good song.

I've written what and when I want to. It's been about expressing myself. But with the degree, I had to learn to do everything in a very specific, disciplined way. I am very disciplined, but this demanded a totally different kind of discipline. A real challenge.

I am not in love / But I'm open to persuasion.

So, the combination of looking at lots of different people and how they react to each other and how they relate to each other and waiting for that inspiration is the thing that allows me to keep writing.

Right from day one, you know when you've written a good song.

In America, you watch TV and think that's totally unreal, then you step outside and it's just the same.

My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs.