I just could not stand the idea of eating meat - I really do think that it has made me calmer.... People's general awareness is getting much better, even down to buying a pint of milk: the fact that the calves are actually killed so that the milk doesn't go to them but to us cannot really be right, and if you have seen a cow in a state of extreme distress because it cannot understand why its calf isn't by, it can make you think a lot.

We have a female prime minister [Theresa May] here in the UK. I actually really like her and think she's wonderful. I think it's the best thing that's happened to us in a long time.

Clothes are such a strong part of who a human being is.

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

In some ways, when you re-envision a song like that ["Never Be Mine"], there's a completely different energy to it each night.

Whatever is going on in your life when you're writing has to somehow seep into your work.

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