I feel sometimes that I'm in a constant state of being lost in translation, and I guess that why I write songs.

I made an important decision, which was to pursue happiness. Rather than accept unhappiness. That's why I'm here, and it's great. I'm in a very good place in my life.

I remember my father playing me Same Situation when I was a nipper, and saying how nobody since has done melodies as well as Joni Mitchell. I concur. The thing that most affected me was just her resonance, and that is something she must have been born with.

I'd prefer to be good, but I'm not always. I struggle.

I've always loved books by the Bronte sisters. I love Jane Austen, too. I'm more influenced by people like her than by pop culture.

I think I'll feel out of place wherever I go on earth, forever. But that's fine. I have to make my peace with that.

My reaction to everything in life is when it gets a bit complicated to water it down and make it simple again.