I don't hold onto anything, because it's a waste of energy to do so, really. There's nothing that I can do about the way people want to write about me. I just try and concentrate on my work and do that as well as I can.

I feel that my dreamscapes are part of my everyday life, and sometimes I can't tell the difference.

I had a chip on my shoulders 'cause I felt like I was being overlooked.

I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets.

Before I record for real, I know pretty much exactly how I want them to feel.

I long ago learned that you can't expect people to interpret the songs in the way they had meant for you, as the writer.

Maybe I'm just purely lucky. If I've come up against obstacles I've always found another way around it.