You don't have to aim to be the best of everything, thinking that one day you're going to be the top of the world; I don't think it exists.

I always said when I was younger, I wanted to write film music, and I think that's what my ultimate dream is.

My parents encouraged us to commit to things, so if we wanted to learn an instrument, it was all the grades and all the theory.

I like pastels and lighter shades on darker skins. I feel like it lifts everything and accentuates being chocolate.

I remember listening to Miles Davis in the car with my dad. I had just done my Grade 5 piano exam, and I was quite cocky. I said, 'It sounds like he's played the wrong note there.' I remember the look of horror on my dad's face, and thinking, 'Wow, I have to figure out why that is not acceptable.'

I love church buildings, particularly cathedrals, and I like living in spaces that remind me of music or evoke that creative energy.

My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.