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

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

I really love jazz, but I will never be a jazz musician as much as I dream. But, I think that the jazz music I love is there in my music.

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

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 don't talk about Amy Winehouse as a 'singer.' She's a pioneer. I listened to her endlessly when I started writing.