Like I have to pretend like I'm a male rapper, that I got stacks and we're in the club, and what do I want to say. And then, when writing Rare I could just be PJ.

Most of the stuff that I do talk about, about being counted out and being an underdog, 'cause that's what I feel like I am.

I think that's always very valuable: to keep the mind open to receiving all sorts of information, which can then be used in my work, but also just as a human being.

I have learnt through doing interviews throughout my life that the way that somebody can write about something can change entirely how it was meant, or what actually happened.

To think of myself as a role model is extremely flattering, but I could never accept that, because Im just learning like everybody else.

There is a thread connecting you no matter how far away you are from someone and you know I have two or three relationships in my life that are like that.

Like I have to pretend like I'm a male rapper, that I got stacks and we're in the club, and what do I want to say. And then, when writing Rare I could just be PJ.