I'm not vanishing into thin air.

That doesn't matter. If it speaks to them and they get something positive from it, it's great.

You hope that the ideas will come together. You just don't know. That's part of what I suppose is part of being brave and putting creative work out there.

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

Music is like comedy in that you can enjoy a very - for want of abetter word - sophisticated classical piece as much as you enjoy something that's very simple pop.

The great thing about art on any level is that it can speak to all people if it's achieved properly.

After I've done the salesman bit, I like to be quiet and retreat, because that's whereI write from. I'm a sort of quiet little person.