When a poem might become a song, then certain parts are repeated and might become a refrain or a chorus, so they change in that way. But it's more the nature of the words and what they're saying that determines whether it's a poem or a song.

I've always felt that I'm affected by the world, by the way we treat each other, by the way different countries treat each other. I've always been very affected by politics, society, but I never got to a place as a writer where I felt like I could begin to deal with such things and do it well.

I'm finding my way, and I make mistakes.

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

I think I'm a maker of songs, and songs are like films or a picture: You put them over there, and they have nothing to do with you.

I think I've been interested in music since I was little.

I think blues music is music of the soul. Of course, there are other forms. You could call some classical music blues music in that way.