I believe in Amy Winehouse. I know she’s not with us anymore but I believe she was who she was and in that way she got it right. I would say an actress like Lauren Bacall also got it right. She never let anyone persuade her to be something she wasn't. She was strong. She always looked like she knew what she was doing.

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

I am nostalgic of an era I never knew.

With some of the bad things that come with love, there's also a lot of good. For example that connection... which I struggle to have with most people.

I already have success. I had it a long time ago. It's nothing to do with my music. Music is secondary, at this point. The good stuff is really good, but I have success because I'm at peace and I'm a good person in my everyday life and that's important.

When things get bad enough, your only resort is to lie in bed and start praying.

I was, you know, a mess. I totally wanted to kill myself every day.