I was always wrapped around music being a tradition, a skill.

I've mainly been sampling jazz because the tone of the chords are expressive in itself, so it's quite nice to write over.

Sometimes I'll listen to a lyric and I'll be so pissed off that I didn't write it.

My mum used to work in New York in Spike Lee's shop, she did the outfits for the video for P.M. Dawn's "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss".

I got a lot from my uncle who is a really good ska guitarist. Very ragged makeshift rhythms and intricate lines.

I was always wrapped around music being a tradition, a skill.

I actually find a lot of pleasure in writing lyrics.