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.'

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

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.

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.

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

I like pastels and lighter shades on darker skins. I feel like it lifts everything and accentuates being chocolate.