I wanted to be heard myself, which is hard in a household of people who were very showy. It forced me to find myself and define a personality and a way of being different, and that's a thing that's going to help me to survive in a world of many people playing the guitar.

I always seem to write personal songs; that's always been my go-to thing, to write about what I'm experiencing.

I think my mother was always worried about me when she was alive.

I was kind of a misfit, and when my mother died, I had to become an adult, something that I never thought I would ever be.

I've always had a tendency to push the envelope as far as it can go without hurting someone's feelings.

It's better to embrace your roots than it is to fight it, because then you're just fighting something that you're not going to win. We're like a band of gypsies, and it makes sense.

I've learnt to hide my tears on stage. They make people uncomfortable.