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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.'