If anything, I hope being an artist opens up more opportunities 'cause I feel there's a lot of things I could do, like musically and stylistic-wise that I can write, but I don't really have an avenue to show it 'cause most of the things I'm writing are in Hip Hop.

When I write - I always write on my own - I demo those songs on a four-track.

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 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.

It [ "Not For Long"] was the biggest song that I've had, and I actually heard it on the radio multiple times.

I think it does surprise me a bit when people have a very fixed idea of what I'm like, based upon the work that I do, which is something that is very separate.

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.