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.

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

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 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.

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.

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