People want to build musicians into mythical beings.

Shame is the shadow of love.

I had a chip on my shoulders 'cause I felt like I was being overlooked.

Some things lend themselves well to songs, some things don't, and I'm learning that a lot at the moment. It's still a relatively new way of writing. It's only really the last five to 10 years that I've taken my writing seriously in this way, as something I can keep working toward. I think I feel myself much more before as simply a songwriter.

I feel like "Not For Long" was one for me just because I got to work with two people that I looked up to...

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 probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets.