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.

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 respect hippos. They just look the way they do; they can't do anything about it, but they don't seem bothered.

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.

Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did, and I'd say, 'Well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical' - but that makes no sense to anyone.

I write songs from the heart, and I don't hold back.

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