With some of the songs, we brought the pitch down to alto.I'm older, so naturally my voice is lower now.

There are a lot of very strong connections with music and mathematics. They both can work in patterns and sequences and repetitions.

Even just making albums - which was more within the structure that I've worked in for years - you have no idea how people will respond. You don't know if it'll be any good whatsoever. It can be terrifying.

Maybe if my songs feel personal, that's very nice. I like that. I take that as a great compliment.

School was a very cruel environment and I was a loner. But I learnt to get hurt and I learnt to cope with it.

You're never really happy. I'm certainly not. That's a good thing. It means you're always striving to do better. You hope the next piece will be better.

When I'm writing I've been playing something for a couple of hours and I'm almost in a trance. At two or three in the morning you can actually see bits of inspiration floating about and grab them.