In the past members of my family on both my mother's and father's side have fought in the war, in the first and second World Wars. Unfortunately, they're dead and I wasn't able to speak to them, but that was in our family history too.

The way I make music is unique to myself and the way I have lived my life - no one else would tell that story in the same way that I do.

I'm a visual artist myself and always have been so it's very natural for me to be very concerned with presentation, whether it's artwork or onstage.

I don't loathe interviews, I'm just one of those people who makes music because I find it difficult to talk.

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.

With songs I almost see the images, see the action, and then all I have to do is describe it. It's almost like watching a scene from a film, and that's what I go about trying to catch in a song.

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.