I like living in the city, but I like being able to get out of it as and when I like.

Oh! To not need cognitive justification for every single thing. Wouldn't that be a life?

I'm a bit of a magpie: whatever I see or hear or read feeds into the songs.

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 don't need to sell tons of records, but I want longevity. I want to make music for the rest of my life.

I thought ‘I wonder what will happen if I try and root myself somewhere?‘ Look back over the past eight years.

One woman I interviewed, Amanda Ghost, said, "Let's not bullshit, there are no women at the top of the music business, and that is a serious problem." And I said, "Yes!" And I didn't shy away from saying that. But I still don't want to be in the firing line. I'm not clever or witty or brave enough to get into the political nitty-gritty with it.