I've always been very politically interested from a very young age and I hadn't felt that was something I could begin to bring into my songwriting because I hadn't felt I'd reached the stage, that I had the skill with language enough, yet, to do that.

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

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.

I feel like when I'm writing for other people, when I'm doing rap hooks, it's kinda like playing dress up for me...

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.

I like things that are beaten up, that have lived a little. I like things that are real. I like things that are made out of wood or string. I never feel very responsive to plastic machinery.

I come from an art-school background, and I still feel that in my music, it's about exploration and challenging myself, about putting myself in a place that's frightening because I haven't been there before.