There's so much you can do with laying words on a bed of music. You can completely change their meaning with the type of music or the way they're sung.

I try to see as much dance, theatre and films as I can because all of it feeds me in a way that I need feeding for what I do.

As far as in my adult life, it kinda started (with) writing first 'cause I went to school in Nashville. I mean, not Nashville but close to Nashville, and I met my managers in L.A. at a convention randomly. And then, it kinda just started from there. And then, I got my publishing deal.

I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs.

People like Howlin' Wolf, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, John Lee Hooker, Nina Simone, Captain Beefheart - all of these artists were what I grew up listening to every day of my life. And there's a very healthy music scene in the west country of England, where I grew up.

I really don't pay too much attention; I don't go out of my way to read any interviews.

I don't think that much anymore in terms of 'write a record, record a record, tour a record,' because in my own mind, things have changed, in that I'm just an ongoing artist. I'm not quite sure what the next project needs to be until it presents himself, and then I know. I just follow dutifully while I'm being led.