Lizz Wright is my favourite singer. Her voice moves me and takes me to another place. She also grows her own food and that inspires me.

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 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.'

Who made you the center of the universe?

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

London audiences have this reputation for being a bit too cool for school.

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