I pretend I'm not hurt, I walk about the world like I'm having fun.

I like to write about the way things used to be and paint pictures of my memories with beautiful words and melodies.

Cruel World has been my favourite track from Ultraviolence ever since I recorded it.

My mum and my dad they both like to sing they have really nice voices and my sister and my brother actually they are good singers too. I've been really blessed actually more than most to have a really good people around me.

When I found somebody who I fell in love with, it made me feel different than I felt the rest of the day. It was electrifying. That's what inspired the 'Off to the Races' melodies. That's one of the times when you're feeling electrified by someone else and they make you happy to be alive.

If you're not drinkin', then you're not playin'

Having a simple career as a musician who liked music was good enough for me.