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

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

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

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

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

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

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.