I think I've been interested in music since I was little.

Love for money is my sin, any man calls, I'll let him in.

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

I think a lot of people have an idealistic view - if you grow up in the country, there can't possibly be anything wrong with you.

And all of these writers offer me a greater understanding of what it is to be alive, and that is such an incredible thing art can do for other people. It made me want to try and get close to this strange, mysterious thing that people can do with words.

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.

I've been so used to being supported by musicians, and I don't class myself as a particularly adept musician on instruments. I think I'm a songwriter.