They say that the Devil is a charming man. And just like you I bet he can dance.

We let the weirdness in.

Normally I don't compromise at all but it felt important to give that song the chance to be heard.

I knew I wanted it to be a piece of theatre rather than just a concert.

I think what is great is that if anything that I do is interesting to somebody else, then I really don't think it matters at all what I had originally intended.

The thing with 50 Words of Snow is that it was literally back-to-back from Director's Cut [also released in 2011]. It was more or less that I got to make two albums in one hit. I was already in this space in my mind to be writing and making an album.

I think I was just lucky to be brought up in a very musical family. My two older brothers were, and still are, very musical and very creative, and music was a big part of my life from a very young age, so it is quite natural for me to become involved in music in the way that I did.