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

I'd like to make music for as long as I can; it feels like something I need to do.

It took a lot of time and practice for me to realise that there's no point trying to be something you're not.

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.

People think I look odd onstage. But the way I deal with being incredibly nervous is by concentrating really hard.

I'm not religious, I'm not romantic and I live purely by logic. I make every decision by logic and sometimes that leads me to the right and sometimes to the wrong decision.

I was an incredibly misanthrope. I couldn't relate to people my age, and I'm not sure why, as I wasn't particularly smart or interesting