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

I feel like I'm creeping closer to finding the situation that triggers songwriting, which is obviously an extreme of an emotion.

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

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've got my laptop, but it troubles me in many ways. I don't have Twitter or Facebook or anything like that. It ruins a romantic idea, which might just be an illusion, a sense of depth or continuity. I know there are lots of positives in the evolution of technology, but I also think it will be responsible for the end of a unique character, of a specific kind of geographical culture. The world is getting so small, and mass production is getting so big. Everything is in danger of becoming the same.

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

I don't have much to complain about in life, because I've lived a very privileged existence and continue to. I just think, What if I didn't have that confidence or strength of character, and I was left with certain perceptions of what a woman's place is in the world?