Folk music was to strengthen and unify people, whether it was through an uprising and rebellion or whether is was through hard work, bringing in crops. But it was to strengthen each other and that's still what music is about today.

I grab an instrument to make my body a song, but I'm not a player as such, maybe a little more on guitar, but certainly not piano.

I did photography, painting, and drawing, but I prefer sculpture. I like it because it's very physical.

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

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'm always writing, the past 10 years. A lot has changed, in that it's something I do every day.

Writing is something that I practice at every day to get better at.